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Orange County leaders mark Human Trafficking Prevention Month, highlight rising youth exploitation and a new UCI data pilot
Summary
County supervisors, nonprofit leaders and researchers marked January as Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month, cited local increases in minor victims and unveiled a UCI data integration pilot intended to identify victims earlier and tailor interventions.
Orange County officials on Jan. 27 recognized National Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month and urged residents to report suspected cases, as county and nonprofit partners described shifts in how trafficking affects younger people and outlined efforts to identify victims earlier.
The board’s chair opened the presentation by defining human trafficking as the deprivation of a person’s liberty for exploitative labor or commercial sex through force, fraud or coercion and cited statewide and global figures. The chair gave the national hotline number, (888) 373-7888, and invited task-force partners to the dais.
Katrina Foley, County Supervisor…
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