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Hawaii’s poor trafficking laws rank as some of the worst states in the nation

Posted on July 2, 2013July 2, 2013 by Russ Roberts

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Hawaii didn’t see its saw its first human trafficking law until 2011. And Hawaii has consistently ranked as one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to human and sex trafficking laws.

Russell Roberts‘s insight:

Disgusting omission by our state Legislature. Aloha, Russ.

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