Risks of Sex Trafficking For Milwaukee Youth

Wisconsin and Milwaukee have a tragic and ongoing struggle with combatting human sex trafficking. In fact, Milwaukee is viewed as a hub for the exploitation of our nation’s youth and adults. Read more about this from Milwaukee’s Shepard Express.

The Polaris Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating modern-day slavery, reported the staggering national number of 23,078 survivors of sex trafficking in 2018. Those numbers could be even higher, according to Ozaukee County Board Supervisor Linda Krieg. In her time as a former FBI section chief, Krieg stated Milwaukee consistently ranked among the top five hubs for sex trafficking.

“It’s happening everywhere. Recognize this isn’t somebody else’s problem. It’s happening everywhere, and Milwaukee happens to be one of the notoriously high-ranked cities with the trafficking problem,” said Krieg at a recent presentation on sex and human trafficking by Impact100 Greater Milwaukee, a local women-led philanthropy group.