INDEPENDENCE – At the January 13 City Council meeting, Mayor Brad Bleichner signed the following proclamation provided from Chains Interrupted:
Proclamation for Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness Month
WHEREAS, Human Trafficking is the use of force, fraud or coercion to compel a person into commercial sex acts or labor services against their will. Exploitation of a minor for commercial sex is human trafficking, regardless of whether any form of force, fraud, or coercion was used; there is no such thing as “child prostitution;” and…