Issue Position: Human Trafficking
Issue Position
Since 2005, Teresa Fedor has been the legislative leader for Ohio seeking solutions to address the complex issue of Human Trafficking Ohio. It is one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises worldwide and is on pace to surpass the drug trade in less than five years. Each year, an estimated 1,078 Ohio children become victims of human trafficking and 3,016 are at-risk. Ohio has become a hub for human trafficking due to its close proximity to Canada, large immigrant communities, and more colleges and universities than any other state. The more work we do, the more we are challenged to improve.
Over the years, significant progress has been made with Ohio's response to trafficked victims. No story will be silenced and no research will be disregarded as we collectively strive to answer one question, "How can we end human trafficking?"
Every voice matters. In the end, the key goal is to promote healthy children, support families and build strong communities. Working together and listening to both survivors and experts has been the key to Teresa Fedor's success in authoring Ohio first and subsequent bills to combat Human Trafficking.
State Sen. Teresa Fedor laments seriousness of human trafficking in
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Dec 14, 2010 -- The driving force behind passage of the bill was state Sen. Teresa Fedor, a Toledo Democrat, who began working on the legislation in 2005. During the Ohio Senate's floor debate on Dec. 1, Fedor gave a passionate speech comparing human trafficking, which often is a feature of prostitution rings involving
Strickland signs Fedor's human trafficking bill into law -- Toledo News
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COLUMBUS, OH (WTOL) -- Governor Ted Strickland has signed a bill into law Thursday to make human trafficking a stand-alone felony in the second degree. Senate Bill 235 is Senator Teresa Fedor's (D) final piece of legislation in her two terms as Ohio's 11th District State Senator and is a result of five years of work.
Child Sex Trafficking: A Statewide Problem | WYSO
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Jan 11, 2012 -- Fedor says poverty and high rates of child abuse put children at risk, "They know people are desperate, they know children are vulnerable. These traffickers know exactly how to exploit situations like this." Last year Representative Fedor passed legislation that made human trafficking a felony in Ohio.
House bill targets "johns' for first time -- News -- The Columbus Dispatch
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Jun 13, 2012 -- House Bill 262, after swift approval by a legislative committee and the Ohio Senate yesterday, is scheduled for a final concurrence vote in the House today. The Safe Harbor Act, as it is known, also would shield juvenile human-trafficking victims from going to jail on prostitution charges, establish a fund to
Rep. Fedor's "End Demand Act" Becomes Law, Effective Immediately
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Jun 20, 2014 -- Teresa Fedor's (D-Toledo) End Demand Act, Sub. House Bill 130, was signed into law this morning in the presence of a coalition of supporters and notable trafficking survivors. Rep. Fedor has been working with the Governor's office and other interested parties over the last several months to pass House
Rep. Fedor Announces Funds to Fight Human Trafficking in Toledo
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$290K to provide prevention, protection, education to at-risk youth. COLUMBUS -- State Rep. TeresaFedor (D-Toledo) announced today that $290,223 in state funding was released by the Controlling Board to administer a newly received Prevention Awareness of Trafficking Humans (PATH) AmeriCorps grant awarded by
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Human Trafficking On The Rise In Ohio | The Statehouse News Bureau
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Feb 2, 2017 -- The Polaris Project says 375 trafficking cases from Ohio were reported to a national hotline last year. That's a 23% increase over the year before. Democratic Representative Teresa Fedor, who has worked to pass legislation to crack down on the problem, says she's not surprised. "Now that we are really
Join the fight against human trafficking -- The Blade
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Jun 4, 2016 -- Ms. Fedor and other anti--human trafficking coalition members, such as Celia Williamson of the University of Toledo, are constantly fighting for safer, predator-free environments for our children. However, change is also needed on the community level, and we need to ensure that our children are aware of
Ohio Human Trafficking Awareness Day & Youth Summit > Ohio
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January 11-12, 9 a.m. @ The Ohio Statehouse Atrium State Representative Teresa Fedor is hosting the 9 th Annual Ohio Human Trafficking Awareness Day, which will include an Ohio Youth Trafficking Summit on January 12. For more information contact 614-644-6
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