{"id":9765,"date":"2024-08-14T14:30:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T14:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=9765"},"modified":"2024-08-14T14:30:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T14:30:44","slug":"ag-yost-announces-ohio-human-trafficking-hotline-844-end-ohht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/14\/ag-yost-announces-ohio-human-trafficking-hotline-844-end-ohht\/","title":{"rendered":"AG\u00a0Yost announces Ohio Human Trafficking Hotline, 844-END-OHHT"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 7, 2024: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the first-ever statewide human trafficking hotline during his opening remarks at the office\u2019s fifth annual Human Trafficking Summit<\/em> in downtown Columbus.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s simple: the more we know, the more we can do to help,\u201d Yost said. \u201cWe need to keep pushing these efforts forward so that, every day, those who buy sex or compel another\u2019s labor know that we\u2019re coming for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hotline number \u2013 844-END-OHHT (844-363-6448)<\/strong> \u2013 will funnel incoming tips on suspected sex and labor trafficking directly to law enforcement. It will go live to the public later in 2024.<\/p>\n

The Attorney General introduced the phone number to the 700-plus who attended Wednesday\u2019s summit \u2013 the very people who will play a vital role in its success.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou give me hope,\u201d Yost told the group at the Hyatt Regency Columbus. \u201cThere is strength in numbers and you are not alone. And that means our survivors and our future survivors are also not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The summit brings together survivors, social workers, health-care professionals, law enforcement officers, lawyers, prosecutors, judges and other community stakeholders who are committed to ending sex and labor trafficking in Ohio.<\/p>\n

As reflected by the range of professions represented, the summit focused on the vital role that a continuum of care \u2014 an integrated system of services and resources \u2014 plays in helping survivors achieve long-term healing on what AG Yost often calls the Highway to Hope.<\/p>\n

Since taking office in 2019, Yost has made the fight against human trafficking a top priority of his administration.<\/p>\n

In May, the office launched a \u201cHuman Trafficking 101<\/a>\u201d guide, intended for use as a how-to guide for local communities to fight human trafficking.<\/p>\n

Also in May, Yost and members of his Ambassador Advisory Council to the office\u2019s Human Trafficking Commission testified in support of legislation that would allow trafficking survivors to have certain offenses cleared from their criminal record to help those in recovery gain better access to jobs, housing and other vital resources. The bill was signed into law in July.<\/p>\n

The keynote speaker at this year\u2019s summit, Marti MacGibbon, is a survivor of human trafficking \u2014 in her case, international sex trafficking. She spoke Wednesday about post traumatic growth and trauma resolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cCourage combined with love is unstoppable,\u201d MacGibbon said. \u201cWhen we have the courage to confront evil and we walk alongside those who have experienced evil, the power of that work is deep and unlimited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Organized by the AG\u2019s Human Trafficking Initiative, the 2024 summit included 26 unique workshops with 55 presenters.<\/p>\n

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