(SAVANNAH) – Commissioner Tim Echols is hosting an “Unholy Tour” in Savannah on Tuesday eveningSeptember 20, 2016 to shine a spotlight on the serious issue of human trafficking in the Low Country. The tour will begin at 7:30 p.m. from the Coastal Georgia Center, at 305 Fahm Street in Savannah, Georgia and last approximately two hours. The buses will tour areas susceptible to human trafficking and the sex trade. Officials from the U.S. Attorneys’ Office, the Chatham County District Attorney’s Office, Savannah Working Against Human Trafficking, Safe Harbor, as well as local elected officials will take part.
On a global scale, human trafficking, also known as “modern day slavery,” is the second largest criminal enterprise after drug trafficking. The number of victims today (28 million) far surpasses the number of victims of the transatlantic slave trade (~15 million).
In 2015, Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols organized the first Unholy Tours. As a result of the media coverage of the Unholy Tours, two teenage girls were rescued from a trafficker through cooperation between 4Sarah (charitable organization) and DeKalb County Special Victims Unit. Commissioner Echols is in his sixth year on the Georgia Public Service Commission, having been elected statewide in November, 2010. His complete biography and photo are found on the Commission website at http://www.psc.state.ga.us/
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