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Maine gets mixed reviews in annual human trafficking report

PORTLAND — Maine has made progress in adopting laws to stem human trafficking, but remains in the bottom half of all states in terms of the strength and breadth of those laws, according to rankings released Wednesday by the national Polaris Project. Wednesday’s state-by-state ratings represented the Washington, D.C.-based anti-slavery organization’s fourth such annual report. […]

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LePage signs law that targets human trafficking

AUGUSTA — A new Maine law aims to crack down on human trafficking, a problem supporters of the legislation say is growing but often unnoticed. The law (LD 11 59) ceremonially signed by Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday expands the definition of human trafficking to include more crimes that involve the victimization of someone for […]

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