Child sex trafficking conference

draws attention to Ohio laws that

allows minors to be charged
Article by James Pilcher from Cincinnatti.com

By Ayyoub Ayoub, Taylor Hargate, Kathryn

Oleksa, Katherine Skourlis, & Hannah Thorne
Summary ● Ohio laws permit the charging of
minors with prostitution
● Only state where victims of child
trafficking have to provide
evidence that they were being
forced into prostitution before an
adult is charged with child
trafficking
● These laws are counterintuitive in
the fight to end child sex
trafficking in Ohio and can
retraumatize/criminalize the
victim.
How it Relates to ● Officials wanted to charge the
Unwind child who was trafficked for
prostitution although they were
forced into the act.
● The government blames the
Unwind for not being a beneficial
part of society.
● The government wrongfully
determines the fate of an Unwind
or a child
○ It was not their intention to be
trafficked or unwound.
Textual Evidence “I can’t see any other reason
why you would treat a child
that was raped over here
without money
sympathetically, and then
bring money to the crime,
you flip it and you blame the
child. That is totally
irrational.”
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