From today’s KCCR.com, Congresswomen Kristi Noem was recently cited as helping increase the Number of prosecutions for human trafficking in the state:
Jenise Pischel is the program coordinator at Our Home Inc. in Parkston, a private non-profit that has helped trafficked girls. She says she thinks traffickers see trusting South Dakota as a good place to operate and not get caught.
But, she says “…we seem to be catching an awful lot of them.
Back in July, the U.S. House of Representatives passed South Dakota Representative Kristi Noem’s bipartisan Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act. The legislation works to better prevent and intervene when trafficking or attempted trafficking occurs while also opening up additional resources for survivors who are working to recover.
Human Trafficking in South Dakota is not a new crime, however with a combination of growing prosecutions and Noem’s recently passed legislation, there is a “new recognition” across the state.
I think it’s law enforcement that are the reason why there’s been an increase in sex trafficking arrests. Not Krisit Noem. Thank you, Sioux Falls PD. You’re doing a great job saving young women being used and abused.