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Hernando County proclaims January 2025 Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners unanimously adopted a resolution proclaiming January 2025 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month and heard brief remarks from local nonprofits and law enforcement about prevention, victim services and the need to reduce demand.
The Hernando County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 14 unanimously adopted a resolution proclaiming January 2025 Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
The resolution notes federal law and describes trafficking as the forced or fraudulent recruitment, harboring or transportation of people for labor or commercial sex. Commissioners heard from local nonprofit and law-enforcement representatives who urged public vigilance and expanded prevention and victim services.
Janine Kelsey, director of the Children's Advocacy Center of Hernando County, said the…
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