PRINTER'S NO. 2206
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
247
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY MARCELL, LEADBETER, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, CONKLIN,
GILLEN, GREEN, GREINER, HAMM, KAUFFMAN, KAZEEM, KINSEY, KUTZ,
R. MACKENZIE, MENTZER, NEILSON, PICKETT, ROWE, SCOTT, STAATS
AND ZIMMERMAN, OCTOBER 24, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 24, 2023
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of January 2024 as "National Human
Trafficking Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania in order to
bring human traffickers to justice and empower survivors to
reclaim their lives.
WHEREAS, Human trafficking endangers the lives of millions of
people around the world through domestic and transnational
trafficking networks; and
WHEREAS, Human trafficking is a $150 billion global industry
that is one of the fastest growing criminal activities in the
world; and
WHEREAS, Human trafficking takes many forms, including forced
labor, debt bondage, forced commercial sexual exploitation and
involuntary domestic servitude; and
WHEREAS, Victims of human trafficking are men, women and
children of all ages, but disproportionately women and girls;
and
WHEREAS, There are more than 40 million victims of human
trafficking worldwide; and
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