29 Men Arrested In Sex Trafficking Sting

SAN DIEGO -- Twenty-nine would-be prostitution customers were arrested in the San Diego area last week as part of a statewide crackdown on sexual exploitation of young women and girls, District Attorney Summer Stephan announced Tuesday.

The multi-agency effort, dubbed "Operation Reclaim and Rebuild," took place over a three-day period, focusing on the demand side of human trafficking.

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Abortion Clinics Must Post Human Trafficking Hotline Number

In addition to hotels, SB 377— and prior 2014 Louisiana law — requires the following establishments to post the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline number:

• Every massage parlor, spa or hotel found to be “a public nuisance for prostitution”
• Every strip club or other sexually-oriented business
• Every full service fuel facility adjacent to an interstate highway or highway rest stop
• Every outpatient abortion facility

Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals spokeswoman Samantha Faulkner said DHH is responsible only for overseeing postings of the NHTRC number in abortion clinics.

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