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Iowa City proclaims January Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness Month; local nonprofit speaks
Summary
The Iowa City Council read a proclamation naming January as Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness Month and heard remarks from Chains Interrupted about local response and training that helped a 16-year-old survivor.
The Iowa City Council proclaimed January 2025 as Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness Month and heard from a local anti-trafficking nonprofit about a recent rescue of a teen reportedly brought to the area by a trafficker.
The proclamation, read on behalf of Mayor Bruce Teague by Council Member Shawn Harmsen, defined human trafficking as the use of force, fraud or coercion to compel sexual or labor exploitation and cited regional conviction statistics and national reporting trends. It urged residents,…
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