With support from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council formed a committee to conduct a study of these crimes as they affect U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents of the United States under age 18. The committee was asked to make recommendations concerning strategies for responding to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the United States, new legislative approaches, and a research agenda.

In its report, Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States, the committee concludes that efforts to prevent, identify, and respond to commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the United States require better collaborative approaches that build upon the capabilities of people and entities from a range of sectors. 

Read the report brief and download the full PDF here: http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2013/Confronting-Commercial-Sexual-Exploitation-and-Sex-Trafficking-of-Minors-in-the-United-States/Report-Brief092513.aspx

Bond  was set at $600,000 today for an Evanston man charged with human trafficking-  related offenses for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old runaway, severely  beating the young girl and forcing her into acts of prostitution, according to  the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. 

Read the full press release here:
http://www.statesattorney.org/index2/press_EvanstaonManSexTrafficking.html

A Milwaukee man was arrested on a federal charge of sex-trafficking a minor and the alleged 15-year-old victim, from Madison, Wis., was returned to her home, federal law enforcement authorities announced today. 

Read the full press release here: http://www.justice.gov/usao/iln/pr/chicago/2013/pr0917_01.html