U.S. Rep. Maloney Urges Crackdown on Sex Trafficking Industry’s Demand Side & Organizers.
With ECPAT-USA, calls for stronger treatment services for domestic victims of sexual exploitation

Maloney urges quick passage of the “End Demand for Sex Trafficking Act of 2005" as lead Democratic sponsor of legislation with U.S. Representative Deborah Pryce (R-OH)
NEW YORK, NY - Today, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) joined leading advocates for victims of sexual exploitation, in calling for greater emphasis by law enforcement on the prosecution of organizers and purchasers in the sex trafficking industry, while treating young victims of sexual exploitation, both domestic and foreign, to fair and equal treatment services.
Maloney joined Carol Smolenski, Executive Director of End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes-USA (ECPAT-USA), Rachel Lloyd, founder of the Girls Education and Mentoring Services, and Jessica Neuwirth, President of Equality Now, as ECPAT-USA announced a new report revealing a disparity in treatment between American and foreign girls who are exploited for sex trafficking.

At the event, Congresswoman Maloney detailed legislation she recently introduced, with the bill’s lead House sponsor Congresswoman Deborah Price (R-OH), not only to focus resources on stronger law enforcement efforts to prosecute purchasers and organizers in the sex trafficking industry, but also to create resources and treatment for young American and foreign girls who are victims of commercial sex trafficking.....

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From Terry FriedenCNN
Thursday, May 19, 2005 Posted: 5:53 PM EDT (2153 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) --

Producers of sexually explicit material must be able to prove the subjects depicted in their photographs and films are adults, according to new government regulations approved Tuesday by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

To implement a government crackdown, Gonzales signed final rules that establish detailed procedures for inspecting pornography producers' records to ensure children aren't being used as performers in sexually explicit depictions.....

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/17/childporn.regs/index.html

May 15, 2005, 1:08 PM EDT

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Earlier this year, a couple in Michigan was accused of enslaving a 14-year-old African girl, hitting her with a belt and shoes and sexually abusing her for three years. Last fall, a 60-year-old Filipino woman in California won an $825,000 lawsuit after claiming she was enslaved and assaulted, working 18 hours a day, and sleeping in a dog bed. And last month, federal agents broke up a prostitution ring in Brooklyn exploiting Asian girls.

They are among as many as 20,000 immigrants smuggled into the U.S. each year headed toward possible slavery or prostitution often through the major ports of New York, California and Florida, according to federal officials and a study by Florida State University.....