Law enforcement officials joined advocates from across the state to push for tougher laws against human sex trafficking at a hearing before the house judiciary committee on Thursday.
Arguing that Maryland lacks sufficient laws to prosecute cases where minors are forced into prostitution, officials testified for nearly two hours in favor of the bill that would outlaw “forced labor” and strengthen existing laws against selling children for sex.
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