[2] By Nevada law, the State General Fund has contingency account for victims of human trafficking.
[4] The Nevada Attorney General's Office, Soroptimist International of Reno, the Thelma B. and Thomas P. Hart Foundation and the Nevada Trucking Association have worked together to raise funds for the contingency account, holding the Refuge for the Rescued Benefit Dinner for Victims of Human Trafficking.
[5] In 2013, Nevada passed Assembly Bill 67, which uses the federal definition of sex trafficking and increases penalties by one level.
[7][8][9] In an article published in 1998, Detective Greg Harvey, who operated in Eugene, Oregon, said such cases were common, and stated "[i]t's happening right now, it's amazing how many girls are shipped from here to different brothels in northern and southern Nevada.
Pete Kerns, supported Harvey's claims: "Never buy the line that nobody under 18 works in (Nevada brothels)," he said.
"[8] Alexa Albert says that the trafficking is done in cooperation with brothel owners, so the prostitutes will be easier to control.
[16] Las Vegas police claimed that "roughly 400 children are picked off the streets from prostitution each year.
[18] The Christian anti-trafficking organization Shared Hope International says Las Vegas is a major hub for child sex trafficking, in part because of the hyper-sexualized entertainment industry, easy access to alcohol and drugs, and 24-hour gambling.
It does this by using the following steps: No statistics were kept before the program, but the police department said that most children would return to prostitution shortly after their arrest.
"[19] In 2004, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and Salvation Army Family Services coordinated a coalition called the Anti-Trafficking League Against Slavery (ATLAS).
In October 2013, it put up billboards advertising the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline.