Bill would extend protections for sex trafficking victims

The loudest voice in the General Assembly on human trafficking argues that traffickers who engage in modern-day slavery sometimes avoid prosecution because of Ohio's two-tiered system of handling cases involving minors. State Rep. Teresa Fedor and Rep. Tavia Galonski recently introduced a bill to expand Ohio's so-called "safe harbor" protections to all minors - treating them more like victims rather than criminals when picked up for trafficking-related offenses like prostitution.