LOUISIANA, (KLFY) — Advocates across Louisiana are using the declaration of Human Trafficking Awareness Month to remind communities that trafficking doesn’t just happen somewhere else; it’s happening here.
From Baton Rouge to Lafayette, organizations working directly with youth say many victims never realize what’s happening until they’re already trapped.
At Metanoia Inc., a residential shelter in Baton Rouge that serves juvenile survivors of sex trafficking, founder Father M. Jeffrey Bayhi says the majority of the children they help are from Louisiana…