Attorney General Chris Carr is recognizing this January as Human Trafficking Prevention Month and Jan. 11, 2024, as Human Trafficking Awareness Day by providing an update on the work of his Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit and encouraging all Georgians to join in the fight to end human trafficking in the state.
“Georgia is leading the nation in the fight to combat human trafficking, and lives have forever been changed as a result,” said Carr. “With our Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, we have recovered Georgia’s missing and endangered children and pursued both buyers and sellers with record success. We’re grateful for our strong partnerships with Governor Brian Kemp, First Lady Marty Kemp, the GRACE Commission and the Georgia General Assembly, and we will continue to work together to protect and support survivors throughout our state.”
Updates from the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit
In 2019, with the support of Governor Brian Kemp, First Lady Marty Kemp and leaders in the General Assembly, Carr created the first-of-its-kind statewide Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.
Complete with dedicated prosecutors, investigators, analysts, a victim advocate and paralegal, this Unit works with local, state, and federal law enforcement to arrest and prosecute offenders and rescue victims of sex trafficking.
Last year alone, the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit rescued and assisted 129 victims, led and assisted 81 case investigations, and secured 29 new convictions, with all guilty defendants sentenced to prison.
The Unit also obtained a first-of-its-kind indictment involving the trafficking of an adult female with a developmental disability and its first conviction of a hotel clerk who assisted in the trafficking of an underage girl in Fulton County.
In addition, the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit successfully prosecuted a 10-defendant case in Fulton County, with every individual sentenced to prison…
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