minn. stat. 609.321 subd. 7a “sex trafficking” means: (1) receiving, recruiting, enticing,...
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Minn. Stat. 609.321 Subd. 7a
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Minn. Stat. 609.321 Subd. 7a
“Sex trafficking” means:
(1)receiving, recruiting, enticing, harboring, providing, or obtaining by any means an individual to aid in the prostitution of the individual; or
(2)receiving profit or anything of value, knowing or having reason to know it is derived from an act described in clause (1).
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1) Victims of sexual trafficking are sexually exploited, not prostituted
2) The statute is demeaning to women and a violation of human rights and women’s rights
• Victims should not be criminalized in order to be able to convict traffickers
3) If the “prostitute” intended to prostitute, the human trafficker didn’t do anything.
• Calling victims prostitutes places the blame on the victim
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4) If a “prostitute” is arrested, they can and have been bailed out and endangered by traffickers.
• We need to provide more protection for victims
5) If a “prostitute” is arrested, they can refuse and don’t want to testify
6) Our statute needs to be parallel to the Federal TVPA:• MN can gain “points” for arresting sex traffickers• We can regain federal funding for anti-trafficking police work• We can gain federal resources to help victims of sexual trafficking
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Since its enactment in 2005, the statute has not used to convict a sex
trafficker in MN.
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