State Attorney General Chris Carr and Gov.-elect Brian Kemp were joined by other elected officials and anti-trafficking advocates to highlight a campaign called Stop Traffick that aims to raise awareness of child sex trafficking. This is what allows this evil to flourish,” Bob Rodgers, president and CEO of Street Grace, an organization that fights child sex trafficking, said during a news conference. “We’re going to show you in a way that’s too big for us to continue to ignore because child sex trafficking in Georgia and child sex trafficking around the United States of America is a problem that’s too big to ignore,” he said. Authorities say big events like that can cause a spike in sex trafficking. Shemeka Dawson, an advocate with Street Grace and a survivor of child and adult sex trafficking, said it’s important to talk about child sex trafficking even though the topic often makes people uncomfortable.

Source: National Post January 02, 2019 18:33 UTC