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Top US Official on Trafficking Says Lack of Prostitution Law Creates a "Zone of Impunity" for Traffickers
(2009)
  • Donna M. Hughes, Dr.
Abstract
The lack of a law against indoor prostitution can create a “zone of impunity in which police can’t go, and where traffickers can exploit their prey,” according to Luis CdeBaca, Ambassador at Large to Combat Human Trafficking and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons in the U.S. State Department.
Keywords
  • decriminalized prostitution,
  • sex trafficking,
  • impunity,
  • traffickers,
  • Rhode Island
Publication Date
August 14, 2009
Citation Information
Hughes, Donna M. (2009, August 14). Top U.S. official on trafficking says lack of prostitution law creates a "zone of impunity" for traffickers. Rhode Island: Citizens Against Trafficking.
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