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Nebraska Assistant AG Discusses Growing Sex Trafficking Problems

Nebraska Assistant AG Discusses Growing Sex Trafficking Problems

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The crime of sex trafficking is escalating in Nebraska, with as many as 900 online postings statewide each month. Assistant state Attorney General Glen Parks is coordinator of the Nebraska Human Trafficking Task Force. Parks is talking to cities and counties around the state about the growing list of problems associated with sex trafficking.

Former F-B-I agent Anna Brewer, now a training consultant for the Womens Fund of Omaha, says they’re partnering with computer experts at Creighton University to do data mining.

Brewer, who investigated sex crimes against children for two decades, says today’s sex worker can make as much as $200 an hour and younger workers generally earn even more.

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