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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Human Trafficking in Hotels: New York Lawmaker Teams Up With Advocate

The first time Anneke Lucas heard about legislation designed to rescue human trafficking victims in hotels, she couldn't help but think about how something like that could have helped her as a child.

"If I had seen the definition that said I was not a prostitute, that would have made a difference for me," Lucas told NBC News. "I was the kind of child that wanted to get help but there was none."

A pioneering Connecticut law aims to put signs explaining who a victim might be along with the phone number for the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline in every hotel lobby in the state.

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