The Kansas City area has been identified as a hotbed for human traffickers with both victims in transit and as a destination, an expert told a group of law enforcement officers this month. And police officers are on the front lines of helping identify victims.
Lenexa hosted Opal Singleton, president and chief executive officer of Million Kids, an anti-trafficking organization working to raise awareness in California and nationwide, to present a workshop on the signs of sex trafficking and how to prevent it.
Singleton’s three-hour crash course in anti-trafficking came a month after a Minnesota man was charged in Johnson County with two counts of rape for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old Lenexa girl. While the presentation was open to the public, her focus was on training first responders to identify signs of trafficking.
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