Sex TraffickingArchive 2008–2016

Sex Trafficking in Honolulu, Hawaii (2009)

A sex trafficking case from 2009 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

Honolulu police, the U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement and the state Department of Public Safety conducted a human trafficking investigation at massage parlors in Honolulu from Feb. 18 to March 3, police said. They arrested a 27 year old man who came after a 24-year-old woman. She came forward and said she was coerced into working as a prostitute for the man who used a firearm to threaten her.

Response and intervention

The perpetrator was arrested. This case is waiting to go to trial. The victim was originally from the Mainland and was taken to a temporary shelter following the arrest. She is now back at home. Federal and state officials and the local church funding State and Feds conducted a human trafficking investigation at massage parlors in Honolulu from Feb. 18 to March 3

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