Report on sex trafficking in Ohio to be released

CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio commission is set to release a report about sex trafficking based on interviews with more than 300 victims in communities across the state.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine will speak about the report’s findings at a news conference Tuesday afternoon in Columbus.

Joining him will be the study’s author, a University of Toledo professor of criminal justice and social work.

DeWine’s office says that victims from Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland and Toledo were interviewed, and that the report includes data specific to each region.

A 2010 report by DeWine’s Human Trafficking Commission estimated that about 1,000 American-born children are forced into the sex trade in Ohio every year, and that about 800 immigrants are sexually exploited and pushed into sweatshop-type jobs.