https://www.fltimes.com/news/nation/it-s-not-just-the-florida-spa-investigation-allegedly-tied/article_9b6d7c15-414a-58a8-bd35-1f6779bd68d7.html

Milwaukee IS THE MECCA OF SEX TRAFFICKING??

(PS like the advertisement for private parties?)

Here's a look at how sex trafficking has affected areas across the country:

'Mecca of sex trafficking'

In March last year, a report estimated 340 young adults and children have been victims of sex trafficking in Milwaukee in a four-year period.

"We've heard from different sources that we're the mecca of sex trafficking, but we need to be able to measure that," Mallory O'Brien, director of the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission, which participated in the report, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel at the time.

"This was our opportunity to do that," she said.

Research found 340 people ages 25 and younger who were confirmed or believed to have been victims of sex trafficking in Milwaukee between Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2016.

Overall in Wisconsin, child welfare workers confirmed 99 incidents of children and youth sex trafficking statewide from June 2017 through August, 2018, the state Department of Children and Families said in January.

>>5350900

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/14/sex-trafficking-group-homes-common-thread-milwaukee-cases/2305584002/

Many sex trafficking victims in Milwaukee have a history of being reported missing from group homes.

Most have experienced significant trauma — such as witnessing or being the victims of sexual assault, domestic violence or child abuse — by age 13 or younger, according to Milwaukee Police Department reports.

And far more needs to be done to prevent vulnerable children and young adults from being exploited by sex traffickers.

Those were among the findings of a new report released Thursday by a group that includes the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission, the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee Police Department.

The latest report expands on another released in March that found 340 young adults and children were victims of sex trafficking in Milwaukee between Jan. 1, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2016.