Gwinnett holds sessions to combat child sex trafficking
Gwinnett County school officials have planned their first training sessions today to combat child sex trafficking.
Officials are holding the sessions to help do a better job of identifying students being harmed, citing statistics that school personnel statewide have identified only eight of 1,000 sex-trafficking vicitms in recent years.
The participants at the sessions include Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens.
“Human trafficking is a scourge on our communities that robs our children of their dignity, innocence and basic human rights,” Olens said.
There will be two sessions, both at Gwinnett’s school board headquarters, 437 Old Peachtree Rd., Suwanee. The morning session will be from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The afternoon session will be from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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