Monday, May 6, 2013
Jessica Loren Posey was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday, in a case investigated by local police.
Jessica Loren Posey, 25, was sentenced on Monday to serve more than seven years in federal prison for transporting a 16-year-old juvenile girl to Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ohio for the purpose of prostitution. The Atlanta Police Department along with Fulton County Police were two of several agencies that assisted in the case. “Child sex trafficking is an horrific crime committed by both men and women,” said United States Attorney Sally Yates. “This defendant had no regard for the vulnerability of her victim and lured her into a quick-money lifestyle that led to the juvenile’s repeated sexual exploitation. Human traffickers should take note: You will be found and prosecuted for your role in sexual exploitation.” “The FBI will continue to…
Thursday, January 31, 2013
The FBI named Atlanta as one of 14 cities with the highest number of children made to be prostitutes.
On Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 10am, a panel of policy makers and politicians in Atlanta will join Actress, Author, Director, (not to mention SW Atlanta's own) Jasmine Guy as she is named the national spokeswoman for the "I Am Not Yours" campaign whose goal is to bring awareness against child sex trafficking. The press conference will be hosted at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, 303 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta 30308 at 10 a.m. 300 thousand children are at risk every year for child sex trafficking in the United States of America. Recently the FBI named Atlanta as one of 14 cities in the nation with the highest incidents of children used in prostitution according to the Georgia Governor's Office for Children and Families. The average age …
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Shandra McDonald-Bradford, a Cascade resident, explores the dark realities of the sex trafficking business in her new web series.
Hands Off This Girl is a brand new web series created by local filmmaker, Shandra McDonald-Bradford. According to Shandra, Hands Off This Girl is a web series because the Internet is ground zero for sex trafficking, as evidenced by the ongoing Backpage.com controversy. Shandra’s years of research have provided her with a wealth of information that she uses as background to help her develop the full scope of this series: · In Georgia, 7,200 men have sex with adolescent girls each month. · Atlanta has been designated by the federal authorities as one of the most significant hubs for child sex trafficking in the United States. · The average age a girl gets involved in prostitution is 13. Her average life span in the …
Kwanza Fisher
12:57 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
This was an AMAZING event for such a worthy cause. I only learned about it this morning from this website. Thanks, Cascade Patch!!!! more ›