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Article Excerpt - Nearly Half of Americans Believe Human Trafficking is Happening in Their Own Backyard; 53% Want Harsher Penalties for Human Traffickers, More Than Gun and Drug Traffickers Combined -
- Part of Lifetime's Emmy Award-Winning Campaign 'Stop Violence Against Women' Survey Released as Net Gets Set to Premiere First-Ever Miniseries, 'Human Trafficking,' and National Legislation Pending -
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of passage of bipartisan legislation in both the House and Senate governing international marriage brokers (aka "mail order bride" agencies), and the October 24th world premiere of Lifetime Television's first original miniseries, "Human Trafficking," starring award-winning actors Mira Sorvino and Donald Sutherland, the Network partnered with the Entertainment Industries Council, Inc.(EIC), on a new nationally representative poll* showing that more education is needed on issues of human trafficking and international marriage brokers, while a majority of Americans believe both problems warrant more regulation and harsher penalties.
According to the poll, 55% of Americans believe that...
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