With human trafficking on the rise, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott recommends in a report that the Legislature toughen state criminal laws and enact a civil racketeering statute to combat what state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte calls "modern-day slavery." A bill that would enact the OAG proposal is already in the hopper. S.B. 89, which Van de Putte filed Nov. 10.
November 24, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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With human trafficking on the rise, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott recommends in a report that the Legislature toughen state criminal laws and enact a civil racketeering statute to combat what state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte calls “modern-day slavery.”
“The reality is this [human trafficking] is getting worse and worse on a yearly basis,” Abbott said at a Nov. 17 news conference at which Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, joined him.
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