City Council members learned Tuesday
that Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston are the two Texas metro areas with
the highest numbers of human-trafficking cases.
“Human trafficking is an issue,” said Ken Dean, assistant police chief. “It’s very rare you find just one victim. We have our fair share when it come to the numbers of human-trafficking victims. We have plenty of work to be done.”
Fort Worth’s major-case unit along with a detective, officer, two Homeland Security agents and a civilian task force coordinator investigate human trafficking in Fort Worth, Dean said.
Human trafficking involves forcing a person or child into the sex trades or other labor, he said.
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“Human trafficking is an issue,” said Ken Dean, assistant police chief. “It’s very rare you find just one victim. We have our fair share when it come to the numbers of human-trafficking victims. We have plenty of work to be done.”
Fort Worth’s major-case unit along with a detective, officer, two Homeland Security agents and a civilian task force coordinator investigate human trafficking in Fort Worth, Dean said.
Human trafficking involves forcing a person or child into the sex trades or other labor, he said.
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