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He said that effort led to multiple arrests and the rescue of a year-old girl. A Kalamazoo, Michigan, man ensnared in a prostitution sting operation during a prior Derby season was sentenced recently to nearly 20 years in prison. David Q. Givhan was convicted of one count of sex trafficking and three counts of interstate transportation for prostitution.
Last year, Louisville metro police reported making arrests for prostitution-related offenses, with 65 of them β or more than a fourth β occurring from April through Derby weekend. Forty-four of the arrests occurred in the first week of May. Federal, state and local law enforcement agents plan another round of intensified efforts this Derby season to combat sex trafficking, U.
Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. Louisville Metro Police Lt. Chuck Mann said the strategy to combat trafficking includes undercover operations.
Amy Nace-DeGonda, a Catholic Charities case manager in Louisville who works with human trafficking victims, said she worries that for every arrest, many other traffickers go undetected. He offered some common clues that can give away trafficking victims: signs of malnourishment or injuries, a lack of identification, inability to identify what state or community a person is in, avoidance of eye contact and scripted responses in social interactions.
