This week on Frown Town, Vee and J read the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 where they discover that children are anyone under 24 and that $28.5M of money ear marked for the ACA is going to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and courts salaries. Don't worry, we have sources!
Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/178
Referenced Links:
Average age of sex workers:
https://abolitionistmom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Complete_CSEC_0estes-weiner.pdf
Prostitution and Human Trafficking in Nine Countries:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254381847_Prostitution_and_Trafficking_in_Nine_Countries
In Thailand, sex workers are detained and forced to undergo occupational retraining:
https://www.nswp.org/sites/nswp.org/files/Hit%20and%20Run%20%20RATSW%20Eng%20online.pdf
VIctims of Sex Trafficking Act of 2000
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-106publ386/pdf/PLAW-106publ386.pdf
John Oliver's Take on Civil Forfeiture:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEpZWGgJks
Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury for our intro! Their bandcamp: https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/track/fcon.