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City of Charleston Commission on Women, 9/20/2023
A
Okay,
we're
making
it
we
have
seven,
let's
get
rolling
all
right,
well,
welcome
everyone,
it
is
1002
and
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
get
our
monthly
September
meeting
started
and
it's
nice
to
see
everybody
and
welcome
our
esteemed
guests,
so
really
excited
I'm,
giving
them
the
full
floor
for
the
entire
meeting,
because
there's
just
so
many
things
in
regards
to
the
specific
topic.
But
let's
go
ahead
and
get
started.
I
want
to
introduce
our
our
wonderful
guest
today
and
I
know
you
guys.
A
I
forwarded
the
the
press
release
in
regards
to
that
wonderful
event
that
occurred
to
hooray.
Congratulations
on
that!
There
are
many
more
to
go
on
that
arrest.
So
that's
great
this
morning
we've
got
Brooke
Burris
and
also
Lauren
Knapp,
with
the
Tri-County
human
trafficking
task
force
and
they're
going
to
be
presenting
all
about
what
the
task
force
is,
how
we
can
help
as
a
commission
next
step
in
regards
to
how
we
can
get
trained
high
level
and
also
how
we
can
disseminate
that
information
to
our
other
colleagues
in
our
professional
Endeavor.
C
Awesome,
thank
you
all
so
much
for
having
us.
We
have
a
bit
of
a
cold,
but
hopefully
everybody
can
hear
me
fine,
as
as
Trisha
said,
I'm
Brooke,
Burris
and
grew
up
here
and
am
actually
an
attorney
and
have
a
legal
background
so
see
this
issue
kind
of
first
and
foremost,
from
justice
and
kind
of
system-oriented
perspective
really
interested
in
structure
of
government
structure
of
public-private
Partnerships
and
how
that's
working
or
or
not,
working
for
victims
and
and
prevention,
I
I
grew
up
here.
C
B
B
So
I
come
from
a
law
enforcement
background,
but
I
switched
over
to
the
intelligence
Community
back
in
2012
2013,
one
of
the
first
Intel
officers
on
on
a
criminal
side
in
the
area
and
established
several
units
here
with
regard
to
collecting
information
at
the
root
of
of
this
topic
is
reporting
and
finding
unique
ways
to
find
reporting
sources.
I
call
them
passive
reporting
sources,
because
most
victims
of
human
trafficking
do
not
self-identify.
B
So
if
you're,
a
law
enforcement
officer
who
Encounters
this
the
likelihood
of
somebody
running
up
to
you
saying
I'm
trafficked
I'm
traffic
is
slim
to
none.
So
you
have
to
use
you
know
intuitive
skills
to
break
down
the
trauma
that
they're
dealing
with
and
trying
to
get
information
and
get
gain
trust.
B
But
we
also
have
to
be
more
creative
on
the
law
enforcement
side
and
the
public
safety
side
on
finding
ways
to
Iden
identify
these
victims
of
trafficking
and
other
aspects
of
the
community,
be
it
a
hospital
setting
a
Detention
Center
setting
any
of
those
type
of
settings.
So
my
background
I'm,
born
and
raised
from
Charleston
as
well.
I
went
to
DC
for
a
little
while
into
the
Beltway.
Don't
hold
that
against
me.
B
The
former
Sheriff
paired
me
up
with
Brooke
when
I
was
in
the
middle
of
a
bunch
of
other
things
and
we've
stuck
together
since
my
purpose
and
staying
on
all
of
this
is
that
I
find
myself
as
a
female
leader
in
Charleston
now
much
to
my
chagrin,
because
I
was
behind
the
scenes
for
17
years
of
most
of
the
major
cases
that
came
out
of
Charleston,
so
I
was
asked
to
be
more
front-facing
and
and
doing
that
with
our
task
force.
We
have
nine
subcommittees
and
I'm
looking
to
grow.
B
C
B
Let
me
ask:
has
anybody
seen
the
the
movie
sound
of
Freedom?
Did
anybody
go
see
the
movie
sound
of
Freedom,
so
we've
got
one
hand
raised.
Okay,
I
spoke
last
night
and
probably
90
of
the
crowd
raised
their
hand.
If
you
haven't
seen
the
movie,
the
movie
is,
has
brought
a
big
light
to
trafficking
I
like
to
use
Brook
slime
that
two
things
can
be
true.
B
That
is
what
trafficking
looks
like
internationally
and
trafficking
does
occur
in
that
manner
locally.
However,
trafficking
looks
a
lot
different,
but
we're
very
excited
that
it
has
brought
this
topic
up
to
the
to
the
to
the
level
where
people
want
to
have
the
conversation.
I
actually
had
a
gentleman
last
night
at
an
event
who
pulled
me
aside
after
we
spoke
and
said,
I
thought
this
was
all
big
conspiracy
theory,
so
for
you
to
bring
it
home
locally,
has
really
opened
my
eyes
and
I
appreciate
that
and
I
said
that
that
that's.
D
E
B
Right
there
so
has
so
only
try.
Trisha
has
seen
sound
of
Freedom.
If
you
can
go
and
see
it,
I
would
urge
you
to
go
and
see
it,
there's
a
lot
of
different
ways
if
you're
thinking
in
it
about
it,
how
you
can
unpack
things,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
trafficking
is
an
economic
crime,
and
that
is
a
great
way
to
just
paint
it
in
that
light
to
get
out
of
the
old,
the
the
criminal
justice
system.
It's
an
economic
crime
and
I'll.
B
F
Before
you
start
there's
two
comments:
I
would
like
to
make
yes
ma'am:
okay,
because
we
had
a
presentation
from
the
police
department.
Oh
God,
maybe
five
years
ago,
when
I
first
moved
to
Charleston
my
next
door,
neighbor
beautiful
blonde,
with
huge
boobies
when
she
was
14
years
old.
Her
father
sold
her
to
a
strip
club
and
her
father
received
compensation
all
the
years
that
she
stripped
until
she
was
38
years
old.
She
heard
her
back
on
a
pole
and
on
her
pole
dancing
and
she
could
no
longer
strip.
F
Luckily,
she
didn't
do
drugs
or
alcohol,
but
she
said
definitely
her
father
received
money
the
entire
time
and
that
continues
that
whole
economic
crime
thing
and
then
just
recently
so
I
want
you
to
talk
about
it,
because
the
police
department
had
no
idea
where
all
the
strip
clubs
were
and
I
just
toured
one,
because
it's
a
property,
that's
for
sale
and
the
evidence
of
cocaine
was
everywhere
I.
Don't
understand
why
the
police
hadn't
already
busted
it,
but
anyway.
The
second
thing.
F
It's
on
the
peninsula,
okay,
okay,
the
other
question
I
have
is
I
was
last.
When
did
I
I
flew
I
flew
last
month.
I.
Maybe
it
was
two
months
ago
came
back
to
the
airport
and
I
was
early
for
my
flight
and
I
was
sitting
in
the
alleyway
or
whatever.
That
is,
and
I
noticed
a
very
strange
Behavior
with
a
young
girl
and
an
older
man,
and
clearly
they
were
not
connected,
but
they
were
connected.
He
was
with
her
and
you
know
how
my
mother's
instinct
popped
in
and
I
said:
something's
not
right
here.
F
So
I
went
to
a
TSA
guard
and
I
said
you
know,
I
think
this
we've
got
a
trafficking
situation
here
and
he
said
we
don't
handle
that.
But
then
he
took
me
to
the
policeman
that
was
in
charge
of
the
airport
and
I
said.
You
need
to
check
this
out
because
there's
something
strange
going
on
with
this
young
woman
and
this
man
and
the
police
were
totally.
He
didn't
have
procedures.
He
didn't
know
what
to
do.
F
He
didn't
even
take
my
name
or
number
and
the
next
time
when
this
happens,
I
will
take
a
photograph
I
used
to
live
in
New
York.
And
if
you
go
to
the
train
station,
you
can
watch
traffickers
just
picking
girls
right
off
the
trains
when
they
leave
when
they're
exiting
so
I've
seen
the
weird
behavior
before
shame
on
me
for
not
taking
a
picture
and
those
are
the
two
things
it's
it's
it's
alive.
It's
well
and
it's
rampant
everywhere.
So
I
just
look
forward
now
to
your
presentation,
thanks
Denise.
C
Good
bro,
thank
you,
Denise
and
maybe
I'll
I'll
show
you
the
law
enforcement
protocol
card
that
we
created
yeah,
okay,
I'm,
not
I,
won't
I
won't
go
there
right
now,
I'll
do
the
presentation,
as
you
said,
but
really
do
appreciate
those
comments
all
right.
So,
as
Lauren
mentioned,
we
I'll
kind
of
start
big
picture
and
then
get
down
into
more
local.
What
the
actual
like
key
issues
are
and
but
being
an
attorney
into
context.
Trisha,
do
you
mind
sharing
this
letting
me
share
the
screen?
Oh.
A
C
Pop
up
I
think
it's
working,
yeah,
okay,
okay,
so
can
everybody
see
this?
It
kind
of
helps
me
if
I
can
see
so
some
of
the
kind
of
guiding
themes
of
the
first
line.
Some
of
the
guiding
themes
around
this
are
from
the
Department
of
Justice
from
the
federal
level
in
2000
trap.
Human
trafficking
became
a
crime
nationally.
That's
so
it's
it's
newer
and
internationally.
It
was
also
in
2000
that
the
UN
came
up
with
the
palerma
protocol,
which
was
against
a
protocol
International
protocol
addressing
trafficking
in
persons.
C
So
this
really
kind
of
started.
This
whole
trafficking
terminology
began
in
in
the
year
2000
and
not
it
didn't
become
a
crime
until
2012
in
South
Carolina.
To
give
you
a
sense
of
the
timeline
and
then
another
timeline
thing,
this
isn't
on
the
slide,
so
just
bear
with
me:
2000
National,
Crime
and
kind
of
international
2012,
South
Carolina
on
the
books,
2015
federally
child
abuse
and
neglect
definition
was
expanded
to
include
all
forms
of
human
trafficking.
C
2015.
2018
South
Carolina
expanded
its
definition.
Child
abuse
neglect
to
include
human
trafficking
and
why
that's
important
and
gives
kind
of
a
sense
of
the
timeline
on
how
we
as
a
country
and
state,
are
addressing
the
issue
and
kind
of
where
we're
at
on.
It
is
because,
until
until
human
trafficking
was
on
the
books,
The
Only
commercial
sex
language
that
we
had
on
our
criminal
code
was
about
prostitution
and
solicitation,
which
fully.
C
Includes
consent,
prostitution
solicitation
is
all
like
it's
fundamentally
consensual.
Human
trafficking
is
fundamentally
non-consensual
so
that
really
like
the
non-consensual
force,
commercial
sex
law
was
not
really
on
the
books.
Rape
was
on
there.
That's
not
commercial,
though
sexual
assaults
on
there,
not
commercial
domestic
violence,
isn't
commercial
sex.
C
So
that's
why
that
the
strip
club's
relevant
in
this
regard,
of
course,
human
trafficking
includes
both
labor
and
and
sex
trafficking
anyway
kind
of
back
to
these,
these
guiding
themes,
but
that's
a
bit
of
a
timeline
to
let
you
know
where
we're
at
so
the
in
2000
when
it
became
a
federal
client,
federal
crime.
The
Department
of
Justice
and
Department
of
State
had
a
three-piece
framework
to
address
trafficking
with
prevention,
prosecution
and
protection.
C
All
of
these
things,
weren't
really
happening
without
a
lot
of
collaboration
and
key
Partnerships.
Therefore,
in
2009
Secretary
of
State
Hillary
Clinton
added
Partnerships
to
make
it
a
four-piece
strategic
framework.
So
this
is
from
the
federal
level
of
how
the
framework
is
to
address
human
trafficking
and
on
kind
of
the
other
theme,
so
that
that's
kind
of
one
thing,
the
other
one,
is
that
it's
a
global
problem,
but
it's
solved
on
the
local
level
through
this
multi-disciplinary
response.
C
Just
as
Lauren
was
mentioning
that
the
reporting
happens
on
the
local
level
and
trafficking
isn't
addressed
without
the
true
identification
of.
Is
this
a
victim
without
our
airport
having
a
protocol
and
without
you,
Denise
saying
something
trafficking
isn't
addressed.
It
just
goes
on
the
Wayside,
because
the
nature
of
coercion
which
I'll
get
into
later,
is
that
the
traffickers
are
manipulating
the
victim
to
think
that
this
is
their
decision
and
and
or
their
fault
as
to
why
they're
in
this
situation.
C
So
these
are
some
key
themes
and
because
of
this
because
of
this
partnership,
collaboration
piece,
because
it's
solved
on
this
local
level,
hence
kind
of
why
we
have
the
task
force.
So
there
are
nine
Regional
task
forces
around
the
state
of
South
Carolina,
her
legislation
in
2012,
the
South
Carolina
attorney
general's
office,
hosts
the
Statewide
human
trafficking
task
force
and
then
we're
one
of
their
affiliated
with
them
via
this
Regional
task
force
that
covers
Charleston,
Berkeley
and
Dorchester
I.
C
Don't
know
if
you're
familiar
with
the
theory
of
collective
impact,
but
it's
kind
of
how
we
see
the
task
force.
The
complex
nature
of
most
social
problems
belies
the
idea
that
any
single
organization
can
really
address
it.
So
you
have
this
kind
of
backbone
of
a
in
Collective
impact
with
this
common
agenda,
shared
measurement
of
what
is
success,
and
then
the
task
force
is
kind
of
this
backbone
support,
so
we're
really
trying
to
bring
everybody
together
to
work
toward
this
common
agenda
in
a
complementary
manner.
C
This
is
the
structure
of
the
task
force.
We
have
also
recently
included
a
refugee
and
foreign
National
subcommittee
under
Partnerships
right
here,
but
you
can
see
it's
this
four
piece
strategy
from
that
Federal
level
being
implemented
here
locally
with
our
task
force.
So
we
have
subcommittee
chairs
for
each
of
these
subcommittees
and
then
they're
we're
serving
a
two-year
term
that
just
began
in
July
that
will
last
till
June
of
2025.
there's
kind
of
a
six-month
goal
period
which
we're
in
right
now.
B
Brooke,
can
you
go
back
to
that
real,
quick?
Yes,
just
something
I
want
to
touch
on
with
the
with
the
nine
sub,
with
the
subcommittees
that
we
have.
Obviously,
we
have
we're
very
resource
rich
in
Charleston.
We
actually
don't
know
how
fortunate
we
are
from
from
a
social
services
perspective
here
and
dealing
with
this
topic
in
other
parts
of
the
state.
They
don't
have
the
resources
they're
leveraging
one
one
group
to
do
it
all
so
I
think
we're
very
fortunate
having
this
many
groups.
B
One
of
the
challenges
this
is
a
leader
with
these
groups-
is
that
everybody
is
very
good
within
their
own
sandboxes
and
their
own
Niche,
but
trying
to
open
up
those
walls
a
little
bit
to
get
people
to
share
information
because,
like
Brooke
said
to
to
affect
change
on
this,
we're
going
to
have
to
work
together
and
we
get
caught
up
sometimes
in
our
own
groups
going
to
the
law
enforcement
piece.
We
know
locally.
B
B
I
will
say
that
I
would
never
have
thought
10
years
ago
that
the
law
enforcement
would
be
the
hardest
one
from
a
leadership
perspective,
but
it
has
been
and
then
in
a
lot
of
these
cases,
begin
and
end
with
them,
so
that
that
has
been
a
big
big
push
with
us
for
the
last
two
years
and
trying
to
get
our
other
subcommittees
to
kind
of
prop
them
up
with
regards
to
you
know
going
after
this,
this
task,
but
these
cases
take
a
long
time.
So
I
just
wanted
to
touch
on
that.
C
C
C
C
C
G
Do
have
oh
go
ahead.
I
have
a
question
I'm,
so
sorry
y'all
that
I
am
not
I'm
virtual.
This
is
councilwoman
Parker
I'm
in
the
car
I'm.
So
sorry,
so
I
do
have
a
question
so
on
the
so
on
your
with
your
subcommittees,
I
mean
this
might
be
a
question
for
later,
as
well,
so
just
keep
going.
But
what
do
those
subcommittees
do?
As
far
as
you
know,
needing
legislation
needing
things
put
through?
Does
one
of
those
subcommittees
really
focus
on
hey?
E
B
B
Brooke
is
a
part
of
a
legislative
Roundtable
with
several
bills
that
they've
been
working
on
and
we're
using
those
subcommittees
in
their
various
spaces
to
help
inform
these
these
these
bills
that
you
see
in
front
of
you
right
now,
they
each
have
their
own
issues.
Obviously
the
child
advocacy
centers
are
dealing
with
DSS
issues
which
is
far
removed
from
what
law
enforcement
is
dealing
with.
With
regards
to
you
know:
penalties
with
crimes,
so
Brooke
and
I
kind
of
Channel.
All
of
this
is
one
thing
and
then
I'll.
B
C
Yeah,
so
we
so
we
started
a
legislative
Roundtable,
because
obviously
legislation
is
affecting
the
impacting
the
whole
state,
so
it's
kind
of
bigger
than
than
just
the
Tri-County
but
very
relevant
to
the
local
issues.
So
the
legislative
Round
Table
involves
maybe
12
other
non-profits
around
the
state
and
some
other
task
forces
so
that
we
can
speak
with
one
voice
and
we're
currently
working
on
three
different
bills.
The
website
needs
to
be
updated
because
this
did
just
passed.
C
C
The
device
filter,
Bill,
we're
hoping
to
get
out.
Essentially
that's
adding
a
default
on
on
devices
where
you're
defaulting
to
having
a
filter
on
there
to
filter
out
adult
content,
so
that
a
parent
who
maybe
has
a
12
year
old
son
I,
have
two
boys
doesn't
have
to
go
through
the
steps
of
making
sure
that
their
parental
controls
are
always
up
to
date.
C
This
is
a
bill.
That's
the
model.
Language
is
written
by
the
national
Center
on
sexual
exploitation,
nicosi
and
neck
National
Center
on
missing
and
exploited
children.
So
a
few
other
states
are
working
on
this
I
think
it's
mostly
bipartisan
in
terms
of
its
own
sponsorship,
which
is
great,
and
the
commercial
sex
demand
reduction
act.
This
is
addressing
buyers,
our
commercial
sex
code,
prostitution,
solicitation
procurement-
has
not
been
updated
since
1986.,
so
it's
not
even
addressed
human
trafficking
or
the
internet
which
have
both
fundamentally
changed
the
commercial
sex
industry
So.
C
Currently,
our
law
on
the
books
isn't
even
addressing
it,
accounting
for
those
things,
so
this
bill,
I
I,
could
go
into
it.
More
and
I
could
actually
send
y'all
a
form
that
we're
trying
to
Garner
some
consensus
and
feedback
from
from
Key
Partners
I'm
talking
a
lot,
but
this
bill
separates
prostitution
from
solicitation
and
procurement
right
now,
they're
under
the
same
code,
and
it
increases
the
penalties
for
solicitation
and
procurement,
essentially
saying
that
the
parties
are
not
equal.
C
The
person
providing
the
commercial
sex
is
oftentimes,
a
very
different
in
a
very
different
place
than
the
person
purchasing
that,
and
then
we
have
one
more
bill.
That's
that's
not
on
here.
That's
on
the
form
that
we
also
could
could
go
into
in
terms
of
legislation,
but
councilwoman
Parker.
Does
that
somewhat
answer
your
question?
I
can
put
you
on.
We
don't
have
a
ton
of
bandwidth
for
the
legislation,
as
I
said,
but
on
our
e-blast
we'll
be
beginning
to
send
more
information
out.
G
Okay,
perfect
I.
Just
definitely
that
definitely
answers
the
question
and
I
just
hope
that
you
lean
on
I
know
that
you
know
at
a
from
a
state
level.
You
know
obviously
there's
nothing
that
the
city
can
do,
but
it's
very
impactful
from
the
city's
standpoint.
We
do
it
all
the
time
for
legislation
up
in
Colombia,
whether
it's
for
tax
dollars,
whether
it's
for
whatever
the
the
cause
or
issue
may
be.
G
As
we
see
you
know,
hate
crime,
Bill
things
like
that,
you
know
I
mean
we
can
send
that
message
pretty
loud
and
clear
as
a
city.
So
don't
don't
forget
to
lean
on
our.
You
know
these
these
local
offices,
please,
because
these
these
women
issues,
you
know
we
have
to
I,
think
locally,
really
look
and
focus
on
these
and
and
make
sure
that
we
are
being
heard
up
in
Colombia.
So
we
can
do
that
collectively.
So
so,
yes,
please
send
me
all
of
that.
Yes,
ma'am.
C
Great
I
I
will
do
that
and
it'll
be
on
the
EU
blast,
but
also
I
I
can
send
it
to
Trisha
and
she
can.
She
can
send
it
to
the
group
as
well
kind
of
what
is
human
trafficking.
So
some
of
the
stereotypes
are
from
the
movie
Taken
or
the
people
are
trapped
and
really
trafficking.
Is
we
hardly
ever
see
this?
We've
not
had
a
single
case
where
someone's
been
in
cargo
ships
over
the
port
or
that's
even
really
involved
to
the
port.
C
We've
not
had
a
single
case
where
someone's
being
oh,
you
know
transported
in
a
suitcase
or
even
there's.
Nothing
really
like
the
the
movie
Taken.
Where
there's
a
lot
of
kidnapping
involved,
a
lot
of
trafficking
occurs.
It
is
an
economic
crime
and
a
lot
of
it
occurs
through
people
that
that
they
know
so.
The
traffickers,
oftentimes
kind
of
a
cost
of
business,
is
taking
the
time
to
groom
a
victim
to
build
up
their
trust,
find
out
what
vulnerabilities
they
have.
C
What
needs
they
have
that
aren't
being
met
so
that
they
can
begin
to
meet
those
to
build
trust
and
then
eventually
begin
pimping
them
out
and
forcing
or
manipulating
them
to
provide
sex
acts
on
the
labor
side?
A
lot
of
things,
a
lot
of
that
is
occurring
by
employers
here,
but
employing
a
recruiter
in
Mexico
or
in
Honduras,
and
where
they're
telling
giving
kind
of
a
picture
of
a
job
that
doesn't
really
exist
here.
But
it
sounds
good.
C
C
B
B
You
know
we
have
a
lot
of
hotels
in
this
town
and
those
hotels
have
to
be
cleaned
and
and
a
lot
of
people
will
go
out
and
use
Contract
Services
with
people
from
outside
of
the
country
to
clean
those
hotels
and
and
they're
legitimate.
But
there
are
some
that
you
know
we're
so
desperate
for
labor
that
they
are
not
legitimate
and
those
things
have
to
be
investigated
and
looked
at.
B
We
just
had
the
recent
case
over
in
West
Ashley
with
the
individuals
it
was.
It
was
her
their
mom,
but
she,
the
kids,
were
cleaning
the
movie
theater
at
night,
so
just
wanted
to
kind
of
put
nail
that
home
just
because
we're
on
the
City
of
Charleston,
and
that's
that's
what
that's
a
common
call.
We
get
with
regards
to
a
lot
of
of
the
hotels
and
and
that
side
of
the
business.
B
We
always
think
construction
and
some
other
things,
and
it
happens
there,
but
just
to
kind
kind
of
make
it
more
localized.
The
hotels
are
a
big
big
issue.
I
work
with
a
lot
of
the
big
Resorts
around
here
and
get
phone
calls
a
lot
from
their
heads
of
security
when
a
new
contract
shows
up
and
they're
questioning
what
we
know.
How
how
did
we
get
to
this
point?
Are
we
sure
this
is
legitimate
and
they're
doing
their
due
diligence?
A
lot
of
them
are
doing
their
due
diligence.
F
I
was
hiring
a
group
of
people,
a
number
of
them
had
come
out
of
Florida.
These
were
managers,
so
these
were
experienced
hotel
and
Food
Service
managers
and
and
doing
the
research
I
found
that
they
were
the
hotels.
This
was
a
major
resort,
was
working
with
the
cruise
lines
and
they
were
bringing
in
people
on
the
cruise
ship
and
that's
how
they
snuck
them
in
right.
B
And
yeah
so
there's
always
yeah.
It's
economics
at
the
end
of
the
day,
I'm
very
happy
that
a
lot
of
the
hotels,
the
bigger
Resorts
around
here,
have
actually
reached
out
to
the
task
force
and
we
trained
their
staff
almost
yearly
on
what
to
look
at
so
they're,
almost
like
self-policing
themselves.
Good
good.
C
If
anyone
wants
to
see
like
the
actual
language
of
the
federal
law,
this
is
the
trafficking
victims,
protection
act
of
2000.
It
again
includes
both
labor
and
sex
trafficking.
Some
people
will
hear
the
term
organ
trafficking,
that's
only
in
the
human
trafficking
realm
internationally
under
the
palerma
protocol,
in
the
U.S
and
in
our
state
law.
Human
trafficking
includes
just
labor
and
sex
a
lot
of
people.
A
lot
of
big
organizations
will
use
the
amp
model.
Act,
means
purpose
model
to
really
kind
of
display
that
federal
law
language.
C
C
These
are
the
acts
by
the
trafficker
by
these
means
Force,
fraud
and
coercion,
which
will
get
into
the
meanings
of
those
for
a
commercial
sex
act
or
forced
labor,
and
this
is
in
red
because
there's
a
big
kind
of
highlight
here
that,
if
there's
a
minor,
so
someone's
17
and
under
you
this
this
element
is
obsolete.
You
just
need
a
recruiting
or
transferring
or
harboring
someone
for
commercial
sex.
C
This
is
a
big
deal
and
can
look
almost
unintuitive
in
in
real
life.
So
this
this
could
mean
that
a
16
year
old
could
post
a
picture
of
themselves
meet
someone
for
a
date.
Provide
a
sex
act,
get
paid,
go
shopping
with
the
money,
it
all
seems
consensual.
It
all
seems,
like
both
parties
got
kind
of
what
they
wanted,
but
under
the
law,
age
of
consent
has
nothing
to
do
with
trafficking
age
of
consent
in
South,
Carolina
16.,
that's
consenting
to
consensual
sex.
C
This
is
again
commercial
sex.
So
this
piece
that
economic
crime
piece
that
Denise
and
Lauren
keep
bringing
up
is
so
crucial
to
this
and
really
explains
a
lot
of
the
vulnerabilities
as
well
and
incentive
structure
around
the
whole
issue,
but
so
the
this
the
16
year
old
under
the
law.
We
do
not
think
that
a
minor
can
consensually
can
consent
to
commercial,
a
commercial
sex
act,
so
they're
not
responsible
for
that
kind
of
consenting
until
they're
18
and
that's
when
it
can
become
prostitution.
C
C
C
She
was
in
and
out
of
DSs
law
enforcement
was
trying
to
investigate,
but
low
bandwidth
I
went
to
go
meet
with
her
just
to
kind
of
tell
her
her
rights,
no
matter
who
the
trafficker
is
like
you
are
entitled
to
to
these
rights
on
under
the
law,
and
she
didn't
want
to
hear
it
because
it's
it
was
her
mom
she
had.
No,
no
other
person
in
the
world
could
be
her
mom
and
I.
C
So
those
are
kind
of
the
like
very
complex,
Dynamics
and,
and
she
aged
out
of
the
system
like
complete
system
failure
in
every
regard
on
the
services
side,
on
the
mental
health
side,
on
the
legal
side
and
on
the
criminal
side
of
things,
and
yet
it's
really
it's
really
complex
I
can
understand
why
why
she
would
want
to
go
back.
The
mom
was
selling
her
to
the
landlord
to
make
rent
so
fraud.
C
This
this
goes
back
to
I
kind
of
I
kind
of
went
to
coercion
there,
but
fraud
goes
back
to
these,
like
false
promises
of
employment,
a
false
job.
Of
course.
The
internet
has
exacerbated
this
in
in
every
way,
I
got
a
call
from
Berkeley
County
School
District
a
few
a
few
years
ago
about
two
18
year
olds,
but
students
that
were
going
to
be
flown
up
to
New
York
for
a
modeling
job
and
the
website
for
the
modeling
job
looked
extremely
questionable
so
that
that's
it
can
be
easy
to
kind
of
dupe.
C
C
This
also
includes
abuse
of
the
law
under
coercion,
so
when
a
tracker's
telling
a
victim
that
actually
they're
a
prostitute
and
that
that's
abusing
the
law
actually
they're
a
victim,
but
that
traffickers
using
the
law
against
them
to
make
them
think
that
they're
a
criminal
and
they
they
have
no
option
or
did
this
to
themselves
when
employers
are
taking
documents
and
saying
that
your
visas
run
out
and
I'm,
making
a
generous
gesture
to
you
to
keep
you
on,
even
though
you're
illegally.
Here
now,
like
that's
abuse
of
the
law.
C
B
C
C
C
It's
fine,
because
you
can
pay
that
off
to
me
when
you
start
the
job
I'll
take
it
after
so
now,
you're
going
over
there
over
to
the
US
you're
starting
the
job,
you're,
making
half
of
what
you
thought
and
you're,
basically
in
debt,
so
first
off
you're
paying
off
this
debt.
Maybe
the
interest
all
of
a
sudden
goes
up
and
you
have
a
very
low.
You
have
a
very
limited
support
system.
C
We
have
key
partners
with
the
South
Carolina
Legal
Services
migrant
Farm
worker
unit,
who
have
to
be
so
proactive
with
the
migrant
labor
camps
to
just
even
tell
people
that
there
there
are
right
that
you
have
rights
so
that
that's
that's
some!
That's
a
key
part:
that's
kind
of
debt
bondage,
the
involuntary
servitude
and
forced
labor
are
are
very
similar,
we're
essentially
having
those
key
elements
of
force,
fraud
and
coercion.
F
I
just
want
to
add
one
thing
to
what
I
talked
about:
I
had
I
met
a
senior
manager
from
one
of
the
resorts
they
had
three
managers
that
were
overseeing
their
payroll
system,
ADP
and
ADP
was
what
they.
What
the
managers
were
doing
with
their
override
on
a
weekly
basis,
was
taking
a
percentage
off
of
the
employees
that
were
new
Americans
off
of
their
paychecks,
because
they
felt
that
the
new
Americans
would
be
afraid
to
report
them.
The
manager
did
report
this
and
he
was
terminated.
F
Yes,
that
was
a
resort
here
in
South,
Carolina
and
actually
here
in
Charleston
and
when
it
gets
to
I
I
have
a
lot
of
experience
in
restaurants,
and
so,
but
you
you
have
to
watch
where
if
they
can
override
and
they
can
intimidate
you
which
it
sounds
like
that's
what
they're
doing
all
the
time,
that's
how
they
cut
into
your
paycheck
or
you
have
to
provide
services
to
the
managers
for
them
to
for
them
to
schedule.
You
that's
another
another
thing
I've
seen.
C
Yeah
that
that
is
a
great
point.
The
scenario
we
were
going
to
talk
about
was
in
a
restaurant
of
an
owner,
taking
advantage
of
someone
who
is
mentally
disabled
and
he
was
not
that
employee
was
living
in
the
restaurant
had
worked
there
for
years
over
25
years
and
that
this
occurred
in
in
Myrtle
Beach.
C
C
These
are
kind
of
common
types,
pimp
game,
familial
survival,
sex
even
and
anything
of
value,
is
not
just
money,
so
you
could
do
a
sex
act
for
and
someone's
providing
you
a
stay
for
a
night
or
shelter
they're
providing
you
food
gang
affiliation,
kind
of
community
there.
So
drugs
close,
so
it
can
be
anything
of
value,
not
not
just
money
and
this
value
component,
which
I
feel
like
we've,
we've
brought
home,
explain
some
of
the
incentive
structure
and
some
of
the
vulnerabilities
of
who
is
targeted.
C
Who
benefits
the
trafficker?
Will
oftentimes
keep
most
of
the
money,
whether
that's
the
employer
or
the
pimp
or
gang
member
or
family
member?
So
that's
often
times
the
again,
the
the
driver
there,
the
trafficker,
may
or
may
not
be
part
of
a
larger
organized
crime.
Trafficking,
as
Lawrence
kind
of
pointed
out,
can
look
very
different.
It
can
be
one
one
person
with
three
victims
and
they're
all
kind
of
a
business,
or
it
could
be
this.
You
know
some
of
a.
C
A
whole
International
scheme
where
there
are
employers
working
with
different
recruiters
internationally
and
that
there
may
be
even
transporting
victims
around
the
state
so
that
that
makes
it
all
the
harder
for
law
enforcement
to
really
pin
down.
What's
going
on,
because
then
the
information
sharing
between
jurisdictions
is
is
a
whole
other
challenge.
B
A
G
A
F
Go
ahead:
Denise
you
mentioned
that
16
is
the
age
for
consensual,
sex
and
I'm.
Just
throwing
this
out
to
the
group.
Should
it
be
raised
to
18.
I
wanted
to
know
what
is
the
age
that
you
can
marry
in
South
Carolina,
because
I
know
Florida
was
at
10,
they
just
raised
theirs.
Do
we
know
what
the
age,
because
there's
also
arranged
marriages
that
are
also
part
of
human
trafficking
and
I?
Don't
know
what
the
age
is
down
here.
A
F
It
14
right,
I
believe
it's
14.,
okay!
Well,
that's
also
something
else
we
might
want
to
change
and
the
woman
in
Florida
that
got
it
changed.
She
was
married
off
at
10
and
then
provided
work
services
for
her
husband
until
she
got
herself
out
of
it
at
18,
and
then
she
worked
for
10
years
to
change
the
law.
So.
B
F
A
You
and,
and
just
to
take
it
back
a
little
bit.
I
know
just
time
check.
We've
got
it's
50
after,
but
just
one
comment
too.
The
Charleston
has
just
an
influx
of
the
velocity,
and
growth
in
a
state
also
perpetuates
the
entanglement
so
to
speak,
and
the
cobweb
of
how
different
data
points
access
this
umbrella
of
human
trafficking.
A
When
I
lived
in
Texas,
you
know
in
Dallas
and
North
in
north
Texas
being
the
corridor
from
the
southern
border,
all
the
way
to
New
York,
it's
basically
a
nice
little
Hub
and
spoke
wheel
for
bringing
in
you
know,
minors,
everybody
just
under
the
brella.
You
can
actually
think
of
trafficking.
Human
beings
period
is
really
easily
accessible.
Now
that
Charleston
South
Carolina
as
as
a
whole
is
growing.
It's
really
behooves
us
as
Citizens
to
be
more
aware.
A
I
know
we
are
aware
of
traffic
literal
cars
on
the
road
and
foot
traffic
downtown,
but
all
these
people
in
in
a
condensed
space
Also,
heightens
our
ability
to
be
a
little
bit
more
conscious
of
our
surroundings.
So
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
as
something
to
really
think
about
collectively.
It's
not
if
you
think
it's
not
a
problem
here,
it
certainly
is,
and
we
can
all
contribute
to
providing
some
justice
to
our
victims.
So
anyway,
that
was
my
Shameless.
B
Plug
that's
a
good
leeway
Trisha,
because
I
was
actually
going
to
tea
Brooke
up
about
talking
about
some
recent
local
cases
and
what
they
look
like
here
in
the
last
two
years
coming
out
of
covid.
And
maybe
she
can
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
different
of
individuals
and
what
it
looks
like
in
Charleston
in
the
Tri-County.
C
Yes,
on
the
minor
side,
a
lot
of
the
victims
are
first
approached
or
speaking,
building
a
relationship
with
their
trafficker
through
social
media
and
through
different
apps.
So
I
would
just
say
for
any
parents
here
to
be
very
proactive
on
how
your
children
are
interfacing
with
their
films
and
their
friends.
Phones,
the
bark
phone
and
the
gab
gabb
phone
both
have
a
parental
controls
in
embedded
in
in
the
device
that
that's
just
an
easy
kind
of
to
do.
The
iPhone
parental
controls
are
flaky.
You
know
the
iPhone
updates.
C
C
So
that's,
that's
just
been
a
huge
landscape
change
for
some
of
the
cases
that
we're
seeing.
We
saw
labor
trafficking
case
a
few
months
ago,
where
a
mother
was
trafficking,
her
children
to
to
a
movie
theater
through
a
movie
theater,
essentially
where
they
were
working
nights
and
cleaning
the
theater,
and
she
was
getting
all
of
the
money.
C
A
lot
of
the
sex
work
too,
if
it,
if
this
was
a
sex
case,
can
happen
happen
in
the
evening
or
someone's
sleeping
during
class
like
those
can
be
small
indicators
to
just
ask
more
questions,
not
even
necessarily
that
it's
human
trafficking,
but
hey,
are
you
safe
at
home?
Do
what?
How
are
you
spending
your
time,
things
of
that
nature?
Oh
I,
see
you
have
these
new
shoes
how'd,
you
wait.
C
Where
did
you
get
those
I
I
worked
with
a
victim
in
San
Diego,
who
was
15,
who
her
boyfriend
was
trafficking
her
also
on
drugs.
He
got
put
in
jail
and
was
told
her
how
much
she
needed
to
make
to
bond
him
out
which
she
did
by
driving
Ubers
after
she
got
home
to
a
hotel.
The
buyers
would
Uber
her
to
their
hotel
and
she
would
be
back
in
the
evening
to
eat
dinner
with
her
family
like
that's
how,
within
those
kind
of
three
hours
it
was
occurring,
you
would
never
think
she.
C
She
was
a
victim
just
that
she
made
a
bad
decision
with
a
boyfriend
who
was
dealing
with
having
drug
issues
60
year.
Old
male
buyers
were
were
doing
this
to
her
60
and
she's
15
and
looked
it
looked
15.,
so
a
lot
of
the
victims
here
I,
we
are
identifying
through
screening
tools
that
we
proactively
work
to
implement
so
kind
of
a
strategy
identifying
key
agency
stakeholders
asking
them.
C
What
they're,
screening
and
referral
processes
for
human
trafficking
is
a
key
question
and
could
change
the
landscape
of
our
our
ability
to
identify
the
nature
and
prevalence
of
trafficking.
If
we
had
enough
bandwidth
and
just
like
sole
Focus
to
just
do
that
on
the
back
end,
we
don't
have
enough
resources
for
all
the
identification.
C
But
when
we
were
starting
the
task
force
in
2018,
we
asked
the
Sheriff's
Office
Charleston
County
Sheriff,
what
their
staffs
were
on
prostitution
and
and
human
trafficking
victims.
They
had
about
180
prostitution,
arrests,
but
about
seven
victims
identified
with
that
kind
of
huge
discrepancy
of
data.
We
worked
with
the
Detention
Center
to
input
a
screening
tool
to
I
to
help
identify
victims
and
just
across
the
board
identification,
which
is
nice
about
a
screening
tool.
It's
not
necessarily
dependent
on
Personnel,
remembering
indicators
from
a
training.
C
C
B
Those
are
getting
a
lot
of
we're.
Also
getting
a
lot
of
males
broke,
I
say
we're
getting
a
lot
of
males
as
well.
We
talk
about
females,
but
the
screening
tool.
The
jail
is
actually
finding
males.
We
had
about
three
or
four.
In
a
month
period
we
were
like
what
is
happening
which,
which
is
well.
We
have
researchers
attached
to
our
task
force.
They
found
it
amazing
and
intriguing.
F
F
and
that's
when
you
start
seeing
they're,
either
going
to
throw
their
sons
out
of
the
house
or
they're
going
to
start
trafficking
them
at
12
and
making
money
off
of
them
now
down
here
in
South,
Carolina
and
I.
Don't
know
if
you
guys
have
found
a
correlation.
We
have
a
hot
and
it's
just
not
South
Carolina.
It's
everywhere:
high
percentage
of
incest,
children,
nine
girls,
nine
to
13
being
raped
by
either
dad
Grandpa
or
mom's
boyfriend.
That's
a
big
number!
Those
girls
can't
go
back
home
after
they
have
that
baby
and
I.
F
F
H
Hey
all
this
is
Leslie
I
need
to
drop
for
another
meeting,
but
I.
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
present
today
and
I've
done
some
work
with
similar
collaborative
in
Ohio.
So
this
is
great
to
hear
it
I
think
in
terms
of
next
steps,
I'd
love
to
propose
potentially
getting
some
ideas
from
you
all
and
how
this
commission
could
most
be
effective.
B
Yeah
Leslie
I
I
agree
with
you,
Trisha
we'll
talk
with
Trisha
and
try
to
come
up
with
some
some
things.
There's
so
many
different
Avenues
we
can
go
down
and
so
yeah
we'll
make
sure
we
get
that
and
then
Brooke
just
put
some
things
in
the
chat
box.
With
regards
to
the
legislative
piece.
Getting
people
involved
in
that
is
is
huge
as
well.
Just
so
everybody's
spread
out
across
across
the
entire
state.
A
D
C
Not
not,
we
haven't
really
prioritize
that
since
since
covid,
until
just
these
past
few
weeks,
we
just
launched
Monday
a
yeah
Club,
youth,
education
and
advocacy
against
human
trafficking,
Club
at
academic
magnet
and
what
that
took
was
was
a
student
and
a
mom
being
super
proactive.
We
had
worked
with
them
in
2019
to
start
a
club
there
which
started
and
then
just
kind
of
dropped.
You
know
in
2020,
but
the
schools
are
mandated.
It's
it's
in
the
South
Carolina
Conference
of
Health
Education
Act
to
teach
on
human
trafficking.
C
C
With
the
schools
it's
it's
hard
to
for
them
to
choose
a
curriculum
that
they
can
actually
execute
on.
So
it's
it
became
really
complex,
really
fast.
A
lot
of
the
curriculum
are
really
long
and
again,
when
you
just
have
those
three
bullets
of
Standards
like
what's.
Human
trafficking
provides
some
resources
that
are
local.
C
What
what
are
your
rights
if
you're
a
victim?
It's
it's
a
big
lift
on
the
schools
to
ask
them
to
do
a
curriculum
that
includes
five
classes.
So,
but
hopefully
the
Attorney
General's
office
is
taking
that
on
with
their
traffic
traffic
proof,
SC,
ene,
curriculum
work,
so
I
think
that
they're
coming
out
with
a
curriculum.
It's
it's
in
the
work,
still
a
little
bit
so
I'm
I'm
a
little
fuzzy
on
it.
It's.
C
D
You
know
a
lot
of
the
parent
Advocates
at
the
schools.
They
will
know
what
child
hasn't
been
in
school
for
a
week
quicker
than
maybe
some
other
folks
might
be.
So
if
there
was
a
way
to
provide
information
directly
to
school-based
staff,
I'm
I
was
just
wondering
if
they
might
be
able
to
to
be
part
of
the
identify.
Identification
of
victims
is.
F
I
was
because
I
just
asked
them
if
they
track
truancy,
but
I
think
they
would
be
a
good
group,
they're,
wonderful
women
to
hook
you
up
with
to
see
how
you
could
also
and
I
was
going
to
suggest
I
would
and
even
if
nobody
else
wants
to
do,
this
I
would
love
to
meet
with
you
guys
and
and
maybe
do
like
a
two
three
hour.
Strategic
planning.
F
I
I
was
chair
of
our
Educational
Foundation
for
the
National
Restaurant
Association
2013..
We
started
that
program
in
1996
with
one
High
School
in
Illinois,
and
then
we
went
to
four
high
schools
in
California
and
now
we're
in
4
000
high
schools
so
that
model
of
how
they
rolled
that
out
and
got
funding
and
all
that
might
be
a
perfect
model
and
maybe
we
could
even
attach
to
their
model
because
they're
working
with
15
and
16
year
olds
in
in
most
of
the
schools
and
all
of
the
military
bases.
F
A
A
C
B
G
I
just
wanted
to
say.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
coming.
Thank
you
for
sharing
all
of
this
I
I
think
my
my
eyes
are
wide
open
and
I.
Just
please.
Let
us
know
what
what
you
need
from
us.
What
we
can
do
to
help
I
think
you
said
there
was
a
program
you
have
that
shares
gift
cards
and
things
with
victims,
and
you
also
have
Advocates.
So
if
you
can
share
those
resources,
you
know
and
I
will
definitely
plan
on
attending
the
meeting.
G
B
C
A
C
C
We've
been
looking
for
churches
to
partner
in
in
that
regard,
and
then
we
are
just
launching
on
Friday
the
soft
launches
Friday,
a
Fairy
Godparent
program
with
Dean
Martin,
where
a
faith-based
subcommittee
person
will
be
connected
with
a
victim
through
the
Dean
Martin
liaison,
so
which
really
kind
of
alleviates
a
lot
of
confidentiality
issues,
but
it'll
be
a
person
to
victim
connect.
If,
if
you
would
like
to
come,
Friday
we're
starting
we're
meeting
at
D
Norton
at
noon,
and
we
have
space
for
about
two
more
people,
but
no
pressure
either.
D
E
C
A
E
A
Put
it
all
in
the
notes
for
everybody,
I
promise
notes,
links,
meetings
subcommittees,
and
maybe
we
need
to
find
the
next
screening
or
showing
of
the
movie,
so
we
can
be
prepared
for
the
meeting.
All
right
anyhow
closing
out
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you,
everyone
I
know
we're
over
and
I
really
truly
treasure
your
time.
Thank
you
so
much
for
presenting
I
know.
This
is
just
an
just
invaluable,
absolutely
invaluable,
and
now
that
you've
got
the
attention
of
a
dozen
members
on
this
commission,
we
will
multiply
that
in
in
spades.