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07-17-2013, 05:25 PM #1
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Race will help victims of human trafficking
Race will help victims of human trafficking
by David Penner C-H editor | Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 3:14 pm
LEXINGTON – All 50 states in the U.S. have reported instances of human trafficking since 2011.
Human trafficking is estimated to be a $32 billion industry, and it is something Leticia Bonifas,
Executive Director of Central Nebraska Human Trafficking and Immigration Outreach, says cannot be
tolerated.
“Here in Nebraska we are seeing many gangs recruiting young boys and girls and subjecting them to
this horrific lifestyle,” she said. “Women and girls are being traded amongst gang members.
“Bar girls are also coming forward,” Bonifas continued. “They are working in gentlemen clubs and are
subjected to working long hours with little to no pay and are forced to ‘entertain’ customers.”
Bonifas noted that if these young girls do not meet their quota at the end of the day, they are beaten
and in some cases raped.
This Saturday at 8 a.m. the first “Freedom 5k Fun Run to Stop Human Trafficking in Nebraska” is set
to take place at Kirkpatrick Memorial Park.
Registration for the event is $30 and participants will receive a T-shirt. Other activities will include
lunch for $3 or brisket, chips and water for $5, door prizes, a bake sale, silent auction and tours of the
Midwest MedAir helicopter.
All proceeds from Saturday’s event will go to Central Nebraska Human Trafficking and Immigration
Outreach.
Bonifas said human trafficking has been likened to modern day slavery. Children, men and women are
subject to forced fraud or coercion for the purpose of exploitation.
Human trafficking can include but is not limited to: prostitution, sex tourism, factory work, domestic
servitude and migrant working.
“In the U.S. more citizens are victims of sex trafficking than labor trafficking,” Bonifas said.
For more information about human trafficking the public may call the National Human Trafficking
Resource Center at 1-888-373-7888 or locally at 308-325-2295.
“Having had contact with human trafficking victims,” Bonifas said, “it has become my passion to
create awareness, do trainings and provide whatever type of assistance that these individuals so rightly deserve.
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07-17-2013, 07:53 PM #2
Nebraska sounds like Juarez. It sounds like the illegals have made it just like home.
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