HomeMy WebLinkAbout16-008RESOLUTION NO. 16-008
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING JANUARY 2016 AS
"HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH" IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the
following determinations:
1. Human trafficking has become one of the largest criminal industries in the world.
2. An estimated twenty-one (21) million children and women are caught in the cycle of
trafficking worldwide.
3. The average age of entry into the sexual trafficking industry is twelve (12) years old and girls
as young as nine (9) years old have been known to be recruited for prostitution.
4. The State of Florida ranks third in the reported number of human trafficking cases.
5. In Florida, it is estimated that seventy percent (70%) of girls who are bought and sold for sex
come out of a broken foster care system.
6. Super Bowl Sunday has been said to have the highest rate of human traffic in the United
States. According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there were 133
arrests for sex with minors during the 2011 Super Bowl in Dallas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida:
1. This Board does hereby proclaim January 2016 as "HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION
MONTH" in St. Lucie County, Florida.
2. This Board urges the citizens of St. Lucie County to educate themselves on human trafficking.
3. This Board wants it to be known that St. Lucie County is determined to stop human trafficking
in St. Lucie County.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 5`h day of January 2016.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COM
ST. LUCIE COUNTY.-RORI,
APPROVE
CORRECTI
IONERS