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Resident urges Allegheny County to create 311 system to report alleged trafficking and exploitation

5666411 · August 20, 2025
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Summary

A resident described long-standing concerns about human trafficking and called on the county to establish a 311-style reporting system to allow countywide nonemergency reports of suspected exploitation.

A man identified as Jacob Pool told Allegheny County Council on July 15 that he believes people brought from Eastern Europe during the Yugoslavia wars are being exploited in the Pittsburgh area and asked the county to create a 311-style system for countywide reporting.

Pool described personal experience and…

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