{"id":296464,"date":"2026-09-29T22:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/296464\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T22:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:24:09","slug":"pennsylvania-anti-human-trafficking-caucus-celebrates-new-laws-to-combat-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/296464\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Anti-Human Trafficking Caucus celebrates new laws to combat trafficking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania Anti-Human Trafficking Caucus celebrates new laws to combat trafficking<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgal.com\/news-team\/a8c1dc44-860c-4a80-8870-3762958ead8e\" aria-label=\"Susan Shapiro profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790720649_964_a8c1dc44-860c-4a80-8870-3762958ead8e_1654040262.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Susan Shapiro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The Pennsylvania Anti-Human Trafficking Caucus is celebrating the passage of two new laws this week aimed at preventing human trafficking and protecting victims.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Act 31 requires mandatory human trafficking awareness training for workers in Pennsylvania&#8217;s hospitality industry. Act 41 increases criminal penalties for those who exploit vulnerable individuals who have been groomed, manipulated, and forced into trafficking.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">&#8220;We&#8217;re all united through humanity,&#8221; the caucus said. &#8220;This is an opportunity to show how you can help somebody and love them in a correct way.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">The caucus stated that human trafficking leads to the exploitation and enslavement of millions of women and children every year and generates more than $150 billion illegally worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Anti-Human Trafficking Caucus celebrates new laws to combat trafficking HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2014 The Pennsylvania Anti-Human Trafficking Caucus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[122565,122566,810,28,122567,30,29,122568],"class_list":["post-296464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-act-31","tag-act-41","tag-human-trafficking","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-anti-human-trafficking-caucus","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-two-new-laws"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}