WASHINGTON – In a push to curb human trafficking and domestic violence in Virginia, lawmakers have taken action.
McDonnell has signed several bills into law that focus on those issues.
One calls for a human trafficking hotline to be put up in strip club bathrooms across the state.
Police on college campuses will now work closely with other agencies to combat violence in non-married couples. Law enforcement officials will also have tools to target gangs engaged in sex trafficking.
Another would aggressively punish anyone who strangles a woman.
One calls for the state board of education to provide training tools on how to report human trafficking.
The Mount Vernon Gazette reports Virginia is 10th in calls to the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline, with 16 cases prosecuted in the state in 2011.
The new laws go into effect July 1.
WTOP’s Thomas Warren contributed to this report.
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