West Fargo mom of three, Julie Zimny, was surprised to find her children's cell phone number posted on an adult website. As someone who's volunteered to help human trafficking victims most of her life, Zimny says she's holding onto that number until authorities do something about the website. Human trafficking victims are not.
Janke says the police spend more of their time trying to rescue human trafficking victims than tracking down prostitutes, though he says both are important. This past April, trafficking sites like backpage. During a U. Senate committee hearing in January , Sen.
Heidi Heitkamp D-N. And destroy families. So how are we still seeing these other sites pop upβmuch less, here in our backyard? Johnson says the reason it's harder to catch human traffickers than, say, drug dealers is because even if a prostitute is caught, the trafficker can just move on to another person, and distance him or herself from the victim who was caught. We reached out to Sen.
Heitkamp, as well as Sen. Amy Klobuchar D-Minn. We must keep working to bring perpetrators to justice and get victims the support they deserve.
Meanwhile, West Fargo police chief, Janke, says while his department may not be able to get rid of the websites, he and officers always looking for themβand working on their next sting. Skip to content.
