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Nonprofit’s campaign aims to have 75,000 men join together to end all forms of human trafficking; Volunteers seek to raise awareness as state lawmakers seek tougher penalties

MILWAUKEE– State and local leaders, law enforcement and community service organizations came together on November 24th in opposition of human trafficking – a $250 billion per year criminal enterprise that is in every county across the state and is increasing.

“The chains of trafficking are not just built by captors, but by customers who pay to keep them locked,” said Sarah Demerath, a human trafficking survivor who now helps other women rebuild their lives after being trafficked. “A trafficker once stole my freedom, but each and every buyer stole my dignity.”

Breaking the business model of human tra

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