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Virginia AG Miyares will hold human trafficking talk in Spotsylvania

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) speaks with ACTS CEO Steven Liga at a community food pantry in Dumfries. [Uriah Kiser/PotomacLocal.com]
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares will hold a roundtable discussion about human trafficking in Spotsylvania County on Thursday, May 18, 2023.

The event will be held at the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office, 9119 Dean Ridings Lane in Spotsylvania, at 9:30 a.m. The first half will be open to the public. However, "due to security and privacy reasons, the second half of the event is closed...."

According to the U.S. State Department, “Trafficking in persons,” “human trafficking,” and “modern slavery” are umbrella terms – often used interchangeably – to refer to a crime whereby traffickers exploit and profit at the expense of adults or children by compelling them to perform labor or engage in commercial sex.? When a person younger than 18 is used to perform a commercial sex act, it is a crime regardless of whether there is any force, fraud, or coercion involved.

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