Key findings of two reports on sex trafficking in Georgia, one by the GBI and the other by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council:
• Human trafficking is a “homegrown” problem, despite the belief that most human trafficking victims come to the United States from other countries.
• Local Georgia law enforcement reported 190 cases in 2012.
• 40 social service agencies in 2012 saw 466 victims of sex trafficking and 52 victims of labor trafficking.
• Human trafficking is overwhelmingly related to sex rather than labor trafficking.
• 40 percent of the law enforcement agencies said children controlled by sex traffickers should not be prosecuted for prostitution.
• 34 victims were seen by social service agencies in 14 counties, while 484 were in Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb and Clarke Counties.
• 52 percent said their law enforcement agencies were not adequately trained to recognize human trafficking.
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