The New Generation of Sex Trafficking
On Sat. Jan 14 an attentive audience listened to Pete Orput talk about the “Major Crimes Unit” which was established by the Washington County Attorney’s office. This unit began for the purpose of prosecuting economic crimes and was soon overwhelmed by child prostitution and other sex trafficking cases. Orput explained that prostitution isn’t on the street corner anymore. It includes pimps finding 16-17 year old girls for party buses or stag parties via the internet. Because the younger generation is an on-line generation, connections are made via the internet’s various pages like Back Page (recently shut down) Adult Friend Finder, snap-chat etc. where they target vulnerable young girls. There is a working group on Sex Trafficking with Minneapolis and St. Paul which the office coordinates with. Notably, Wash Co is only the 2nd County office in the Country doing major investigations into this type of crime. Pete gave some examples of young girls who were trapped into this complex cycle which can include: rape, kidnapping, narcotics and assault. In 2016 the unit, which includes a team of a prosecutor, law clerk, FT para-legal, law enforcement, program manager and others, had 41 ‘buyers’ arrested, 13 juvenile solicitation charges filed and 14 trafficker (pimps) cases charged. To find out more, you can download their latest informational brochure at: https://www.co.washington.mn.us/2521/Sex-Trafficking
Starting the New Year with Pete Orput, Washington County Attorney
You’re invited – Sat. Jan. 14, 2017 from 9 – 11:00 am
Lake Elmo Inn, RSVP by Thurs Jan. 12, 2016
Speaker: Pete Orput, Washington County Attorney. Topic: Sex Trafficking. Pete is a popular speaker, easy to understand and passionate about his work.
To reserve contact: Brian at: 612-462-2163 or email him at: [email protected]
Cost: $20. non-member; $16. members and $10. Students.
Join for the year: $25 and it will pay off in 5 meetings.
Each attendee will be eligible for the drawing for a door prize!
PLEASE NOTE: We will be enforcing our “no show” policy – attendees will be charged for the meal at the 2nd no-show.
Does MN’s economy have mediocre performance?
When it comes to a strong educated workforce, work ethic, labor force participation and families, Minnesota is definitely above average. Minnesotans live conservatively by living responsibly. This was the beginning of Peter Nelson’s message to the group on Sat Nov. 12. All these factors translate into a strong economy but the outlook for MN’s economy is not as promising as we think. Minnesota is not keeping up with other states like Washington, Colorado and Texas. While the state has higher personal incomes and household incomes, this is a reflection of two wage earner families that are prevalent in the state. This doesn’t automatically translate into a strong economy; for instance, data-point’s show that we will only have AVERAGE growth over the next 5-10 years. An example is that small and new business formation is declining in Minnesota to a level lower than the rest of the country. In addition, productivity, which creates higher wages, has fallen behind. Minnesota is below the top 15 cities in productivity. Compared to neighboring states Minnesota is not doing as well as Iowa for example. Comparing border counties shows that there are fewer jobs in MN vs the other side of our borders.
This is just a taste of the detailed information given to us by Peter Nelson of the Center of the American Experiment from the report put together by Joseph V. Kennedy, Ph. D. See the link below to find out more.
