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5. Cops, Prostitutes and Pimps: Prosecutor To Step Up Hunt For Traffickers

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 12:08 AM

Mar 2012

By Sara Lin 03/20/2012

Honolulu prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro says he hasn't seen any evidence that Hawaii has a widespread sex trafficking problem.

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"I'm not going to totally ignore the fact that there may not be a problem because there's no evidence," he told Civil Beat in an interview about its series, Cops, prostitutes and pimps. "We'll look at it. I'll assign deputies just to handle prostitution cases ... to see if there is a problem."

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FBI spokesman Tom Simon told Civil Beat the high cost of travel to Hawaii makes interstate sex trafficking a rare problem.

"While we have seen isolated instances of pimps coming to town with teenage prostitutes over the years, we do not believe that the interstate transportation of coerced sex workers into Hawaii is currently an epidemic," he said.

More: http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2012/03/20/15275-cops-prostitutes-and-pimps-prosecutor-to-step-up-hunt-for-traffickers/

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