In the news for June 2012: headlines from around the globe.
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U.S. Headlines
• Human Traffickers Will No Longer Be Able to Keep Their Profits Under New Legislation
• Former cop ordered to prison in sex trafficking case
• Task force busts sex trafficking ring
• Human-trafficking laws take effect in Washington State
• Anti-Human Trafficking Bill Passes Ohio House
• Couple convicted of human trafficking deported
• San Jose man gets 9 years for human trafficking
• Police rescue four women from sex trade
• Human trafficking case opens - Woman’s accusations lead to four arrests
• 20 arrested in Clayton prostitution sting (Atlanta)
• Campaign to halt child sex trafficking launched in L.A. County
• City Plans to Target Cabdrivers Who Join in Sex Trafficking
• Kalamazoo Anti-Human Trafficking Coalition targeting a growing crime
• Senate OKs bolstered human trafficking bill
• Sex-trafficking protection law signed at Miami safe house
Global Headlines
• Canadian Teen Girls Charged With Human Trafficking
• Honduras’ New Human Trafficking Law Faces Enormous Challenge
• Dubai Police bust human traficking gang