You can stream it on wkyc.com, our Facebook page or our YouTube channel.
Credit: Collaborative to End Human Trafficking Author: Roselyn Muñiz Updated: 7:11 PM EST January 28, 2021
CLEVELAND WKYC Studios partnered with the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking for a panel discussion addressing the impact COVID-19 is having on human trafficking.
Experts say the pandemic is worsening what is already a troublingly prevalent crime in our state. According to the Polaris Project, which manages the national Human Trafficking Hotline,
Ohio comes in fifth in cases reported by state.
The coronavirus is adding complicated layers to the issue, as it causes economic hardships, sends more kids online to learn, and poses challenges in identifying victims and prosecuting perpetrators. All these factors lead to a disastrous reality: a high risk of individuals being exploited. The impact is felt by victims, survivors, organizations, law enforcement and he
You can stream it on wkyc.com, our Facebook page or our YouTube channel.
Credit: Collaborative to End Human Trafficking Author: Roselyn Muñiz Updated: 7:11 PM EST January 28, 2021
CLEVELAND WKYC Studios partnered with the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking for a panel discussion addressing the impact COVID-19 is having on human trafficking.
Experts say the pandemic is worsening what is already a troublingly prevalent crime in our state. According to the Polaris Project, which manages the national Human Trafficking Hotline,
Ohio comes in fifth in cases reported by state.
The coronavirus is adding complicated layers to the issue, as it causes economic hardships, sends more kids online to learn, and poses challenges in identifying victims and prosecuting perpetrators. All these factors lead to a disastrous reality: a high risk of individuals being exploited. The impact is felt by victims, survivors, organizations, law enforcement and he
members or somebody else, and it is crucial for the victims and one thing that we would like to celebrate here in cleveland is that with the horror that the women have survived, and we are all marvelled that they have survived, and it is just that their spirits are are so resilient and that is what we want to focus on that they are survivors. absolutely. karen mchenry, thank you very much indeed for joining me. now i want to bring in juan perez who lived just three doors down from the house where the women were held captive. thank you for joining me, mr. perez, you were for 22 years a neighbor of ariel kas troeshgs and living two doors down and you knew nothing about this appalling other life that he was apparently leading, and what is your reaction to this discovery? i was very excited that the
the entire life that is alleged, that he is alleged to have was from even his own family members. thank you very much, indeed, poppy harlow live in cleveland. thank you very much indeed. those women were missing for nearly a decade and the families never gave up hope. listen to amanda s berry. horrible. you always want to keep hope, but after so many years goes by, you lose a little bit but in the back of your mind, you still keep it. like i mean, like jaycee dugard i think that is her name went missing for 18 years, and they found her, and you know, so, when you hear stories like that, that keeps your hope alive. i want to bring in karen mchenry who is a program director in cleveland, and many
survived, and it is just that their spirits are are so resilient and that is what we want to focus on that they are survivors. absolutely. karen mchenry, thank you very much indeed for joining me. now i want to bring in juan perez who lived just three doors down from the house where the women were held captive. thank you for joining me, mr. perez, you were for 22 years a neighbor of ariel castro, and living two doors down and you knew nothing about this appalling other life that he was apparently leading, and what is your reaction to this discovery? i was very excited that the girls were found, but at the same time i felt guilt. i mean, you knew ariel castro