We need to really look to Shreveport its a major crossroads for possible trafficking and Caddo Parish was the second highest amout of incidents according to the report. Here is another article that is interesting http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/watchdog/2016/05/22/modern-day-slavery-sex-trafficking-poses-serious-problem-louisiana/84587922/

interesting from this article The numbers in the report are lower than they should have been, DCFS said, because the primary human trafficking service provider in the Baton Rouge area lost their records in last year's August floods and did not participate in the report. That service provider, Healing Place Church, also performs the bulk of the labor trafficking services in Louisiana, so this year's report does not include any data on labor trafficking as it did the past two years.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/04/human_trafficking_louisiana_re.html

45% were Juvenile and 20 under 12

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/04/20/dcfs-report-shows-25-percent-increase-human-trafficking-cases-louisiana/100705006/

I would caution about making assumptions with this info right now. It's too early. We need to know how many centers reported last year and where they are versus how many reported this year. What if one center reported this year that didn't last year and skewed the data? If it was a large center it could make all previous data irrelevant for comparison purposes with that data set included for reference. We need more research on this

@gurneyx , thanks for sharing this. I'm giving it a "New Evidence" flair. I'm glad to see Louisiana is getting more rigorous in their tracking!

So, the number of trafficking cases is up 25% in 2016 from the previous year, with just under 25% of the trafficking agencies reporting? That could mean that the true number could be a HOLY SHIT, something is going on kind of number. This is one of those items that could indicate a huge red flag for the state of Louisiana when all of the data is pulled together. It reminds me of the Committee Meeting on Human Trafficking...it seemed to be ok getting partial information and very little by way of metrics related to impacts of current anti-trafficking efforts. God bless, these organizations need to be held accountable and do their fucking jobs! It's not enough to say "this is what we do" and "this is how we do it." They need to report on "this is what we did, and this is the impact we had," but it seems to happen ever so rarely. Sorry, rant over.

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obvious relevance....reported by MSM for 2016 vs 2015 data. Other findings from the report:

• Caddo and Orleans Parishes were the two most frequently identified parishes for trafficking and parish of origin.

• Data for East Baton Rouge Parish was impacted in the 2017 submission, because the major provider, HP-Serve, lost the majority of its records in August flooding.

• 90% of victims were female; 8% were male and 2% were transgender

• The age range of sexual trafficking victims was 2-55.