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SAN ANTONIO – The Texas teen that disappeared after going to the bathroom at an NBA game in Dallas and was later found in an Oklahoma hotel is drawing attention to how children are being lured into sex trafficking.

Helen Browning, care coordinator for ChildSafe in Bexar County, isn’t connected to the teen’s case, but she has handled many cases involving victims in our community.

“We don’t usually see stranger abductions as a way into trafficking. Here in the United States, it’s very, very rare,” Browning said.

She said it happens in less

Author: Natalie Swaby

SEATTLE — The effort to end the rape kit backlog has been a focus for Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, whose office runs the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative.

Eight years ago, Washington had more than 10,000 untested rape kits.

“We had a number of kits sitting on shelves for a number of reasons,” state Representative Tina Orwall said in March.

Lawmakers like Orwall pushed for change, and progress has been made with thousands of kits tested, but there is still plenty of work to do.

“There is another problem that’s related, which

Volusia County sheriff’s detectives say they have arrested 24 people for failing to properly register as sexual offenders or sexual predators.

The arrests come after a countywide investigation into the criminals known as Operation Endgame.

Most of them were following rules, but 24 were found to be in violation of the law that states convicted sexual offenders or predators must register as such with the sheriff’s office.

Some were arrested on unrelated warrants.

According to the Volusia County sheriff’s office, there are 1,267 sex offenders or predators registered as living in Volusia County.

December 15, 2020
Wagar Mustafa
News Trust

LAHORE, Pakistan, Dec 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Pakistan introduced a rape law on Tuesday that will create special courts to try cases within four months, after protests over the gang rape of a woman whose car ran out of fuel.
The presidential decree also provides for anti-rape cells to provide medical examinations within six hours of a complaint being made and creates a national sex offender registry.
“The ordinance will help expedite cases of sexual abuse against women and children. Special courts will be set up across

Based on data from the Justice Departments Bureau of Justice Statistics, there were an average of 5.3 violent crimes for every 1,000 US residents age 65 or older each year from 1992 to 1997.  The Justice Department reported that violent criminals attack Americans age 65 or older far less often than younger men and women, most likely because older people do not go out at night as much.