- AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate has voted to toughen penalties for human trafficking, including automatic life sentences for repeat offenders.
Texas Senate toughens human trafficking penalties: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Senate has voted to toughen pe... bit.ly/fMMKTg- This fulfills a campaign promise made by Gov. Rick Perry during his 2010 bid for reelection.
Perry wants stiffer penalties for human traffickers | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com - Houston ChronicleAUSTIN — Amid growing evidence that young women and girls in Mexico are being lured into a life of slavery and prostitution in the United States, Gov. Rick Perry on Thursday proposed increasing the penalties for human trafficking in Texas. Perry said if re-elected he will ask the Legislature to create a new penalty for human trafficking that includes sentences of 25 years to life. The punishment would be for someone convicted of at least two incidents of human trafficking that occur at least...- Senate Bill 24 cruised through committee on Tuesday, passing unanimously.
- In a phenomenal article published April 2010, Texas Monthly's Mimi Swartz helped readers understand the complex tragedy of the Lost Girls -- slaves -- of Texas.
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For the thousands of women who have been trafficked into Houston and forced to work as prostitutes in the city’s underground sex trade, escaping from captivity may be the easiest part of the nearly impossible road to recovery.- In January of this year, the Office of the Attorney General released its Human Trafficking Report, which contained 21 recommendations for how legislation could reduce human trafficking and provide better services for victims.
- CSV UpdateTexas Attorney General Greg Abbott has released the legislatively mandated Office of the Attorney General's (OAG) Human Trafficking Report detailing the impact of human trafficking on the State of Texas. It examines how legislative changes could reduce human trafficking and provide better services for victims. Human trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transporting or obtaining of a person for labor or services for the purpose of subjecting victims to involuntary servitude, slavery or ...
- Public awareness of the problem improved when Texas aggressively sought to crack down on trafficking during the Superbowl, played this year in Arlington. 133 arrests were made, while human rights groups graded the state's job and gave it a C. This in turn helped Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, and Reps. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, and Randy Weber, R-Pearland, to call for tougher laws. Momentum was gaining.
Momentum gains to toughen Texas' human trafficking laws | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-JournalAUSTIN — In mid-February, nearly two weeks after the city of Arlington hosted the 2011 Super Bowl, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said federal, state and local authorities succeeded in cracking down on sex traffickers, netting 133 arrests.- Governor Perry, Senators Van de Putte and Thompson, and Attorney General Abbott got together to promote the legislation in advance of the vote. United in a good cause!
Perry: We must end human trafficking - KLTV 7 News Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville |Gov. Rick Perry today was joined by state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, Rep. Senfronia Thompson and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to discuss legislation that would strengthen penalties for those- There really wasn't any doubt the bill would pass.
Human Trafficking Bill Passes in Senate, by Christopher Smith GonzalezThe Senate preliminarily approved a bill today by state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, that would add new definitions and harsher penalties to human trafficking laws.- To follow developments, locate educational resources, or stay involved, bookmark the website of the South Texas Coalition Against Human Trafficking/Slavery.
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