January 30, 2015
By Associated Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Sioux Falls (click here) has become a popular stopping-off point for sex traffickers heading to the booming western North Dakota oil patch, where pimping and prostitution are on the rise, authorities say.
Police statistics show that about two-thirds of the 78 people who have been arrested in the past two years in connection with prostitution in Sioux Falls, South Dakota's largest city, came from Wisconsin, Minnesota and other states. Authorities don't see any signs of the activity slowing, Milwaukee FBI Agent Chad Elgersma said.
"It's logical for traffickers traveling to North Dakota for the oil boom to use it as sort of an in-between stop, as another area to make money on their way up," Elgersma told the Argus Leader newspaper (http://argusne.ws/1ydRV9B ).
In North Dakota, the U.S. attorney, the state attorney general and others have sounded alarms about a surge of trafficking linked to the state's oil boom and its increasing population of transient workers. The Legislature is considering several measures aimed at combating the increasing incidence of prostitution in the state, including increasing the penalties for sex traffickers....
The North Dakota outreach to those that speak languages other than English has to increase.
North Dakota reports their statistics in the number of people effected by disease because their population is smaller than most states in the USA which report in percentages.
Tuberculosis (TB) (click here)
Although the overall rate of TB in the United States has declined substantially since 1992, the rate of decrease among foreign-born persons has been much smaller than that for U.S.-born persons. In 2012, North Dakota: Ranked 7th among the 50 states in TB rates (3.7 per 100,000 persons). 15.4% of TB cases occurred in foreign-born persons.
Can anyone tell Senator Cornyn is not a Superbowl fan. He just hasn't been the same in the clothing failure with Janet Jackson and Jason Timberlake.
January 29, 2015
By Michelle Ye Hee Lee
"While most Americans (click here) are going to be getting prepared for the Seahawks and the Patriots to tee off in the Super Bowl, the dirty little secret is that the Super Bowl actually is one of the highest levels of human sex trafficking activity of any event in the country. And in, for example, Dallas in 2011, we saw a 300 percent increase in ads for sex, sexual acts related to human trafficking."
Yes, indeed, the crackpots are out in full strength since November of last year. Senator Cornyn has no right to point a finger at the Superbowl as a means to sex trafficking and prostitution. That is an aliment of the society and doesn't just happen at every Superbowl game. He needs to choose his targets better.
The police across the country are doing their jobs. I could list over a dozen sting operations carried out in the last 48 hours. There is no criticism of the authorities to reduce and end this practice in the USA.
Can anyone tell Senator Cornyn is not a Superbowl fan. He just hasn't been the same in the clothing failure with Janet Jackson and Jason Timberlake.
January 29, 2015
By Michelle Ye Hee Lee
"While most Americans (click here) are going to be getting prepared for the Seahawks and the Patriots to tee off in the Super Bowl, the dirty little secret is that the Super Bowl actually is one of the highest levels of human sex trafficking activity of any event in the country. And in, for example, Dallas in 2011, we saw a 300 percent increase in ads for sex, sexual acts related to human trafficking."
Yes, indeed, the crackpots are out in full strength since November of last year. Senator Cornyn has no right to point a finger at the Superbowl as a means to sex trafficking and prostitution. That is an aliment of the society and doesn't just happen at every Superbowl game. He needs to choose his targets better.
The police across the country are doing their jobs. I could list over a dozen sting operations carried out in the last 48 hours. There is no criticism of the authorities to reduce and end this practice in the USA.
