City of Philadelphia - File #: 120679

• File #: 120679
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 9/13/2012
• In control: Committee on Public Safety
• Title: Authorizing the Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings to investigate Human Trafficking in the City of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Henon

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/11/2012	0	Committee on Public Safety	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/11/2012	0	Committee on Public Safety	HEARING HELD
12/11/2012	0	Committee on Public Safety	RECESSED
9/13/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass
9/13/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED & REFERRED

Title
Authorizing the Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings to investigate Human Trafficking in the City of Philadelphia.
Body
WHEREAS, Human sex trafficking is the most common form of modern-day slavery. Estimates place the number of its domestic and international victims in the millions, mostly females and children enslaved in the commercial sex industry for little or no money; and

WHEREAS, Human trafficking is the fastest-growing business of organized crime and the third-largest criminal enterprise in the world; and

WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of State, an estimated 9.5 billion is generated in annual revenue from all trafficking activities, with at least $4 billion attributed to the worldwide brothel industry; and

WHEREAS, The United States not only faces an influx of international victims but also has its own homegrown problem of interstate sex trafficking of minors; and

WHEREAS, To combat human trafficking in this City, the people of Philadelphia must be aware of the realities of human trafficking and must be dedicated to stopping this contemporary manifestation of slavery; and

WHEREAS, According to a report from the Polaris Project, Pennsylvania has made nominal efforts to pass laws to combat human trafficking, and should take major steps to improve and implement its laws; and

WHEREAS, According to a report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Philadelphia is a high incidence area for Human Trafficking; and

WHEREAS, Efforts shall be made to actively oppose all individuals, groups, organizations and nations who support, advance or commit acts of human trafficking and to work to end human trafficking around the world through education and addressing the demand; and

WHEREAS, Victims of human trafficking need support in order to escape and to recover from the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual trauma associated with their victimization; and

WHEREAS, Although laws to prosecute perpetr...