The US State Department has urged Australia to “increase efforts to investigate and hold accountable foreign diplomats” in Australia suspected of trafficking.
Following months-long debates in the California Legislature, SB 14, a bill targeting child sex traffickers, is now one signature away from becoming law.
California’s child sex trafficking bill, which incited public outrage when it was tabled earlier this summer, has made a comeback after lawmakers on the state Assembly Appropriations Committee voted to move it to the Assembly floor Sept. 1.
A bipartisan bill targeting child sex traffickers in California was again in limbo Aug. 16, sparking outrage among supporters—after it was revived from death by lawmakers under public pressure a month ago.
A California bill to toughen the sentencing of repeated child sex traffickers has stalled again in the Legislature, this time after having been placed on a list of hundreds of bills that can be killed without a vote or public explanation.