Nurses can help sex trafficking victims in ways cops can`t, expert says. How Kearney nurses ...
(World News USA)

KEARNEY - Anne Boatright calls sex trafficking a public health issue. A forensic nurse working for the Nebraska Attorney General´s office, Boatright helps hospitals across the state respond to sex trafficking and violence. In the last two years, she has spoken to nearly 3,000 people. Earlier this week, Boatright shared her expertise with 16 members of the leadership team - supervisors, managers and directors - at Kearney Regional Medical Center. Anne Boatright `Sex trafficking is the second-fasting growing criminal industry in the U.S.,` she told them. It is a worldwide $150 billion industry; second only to the illegal drug trade. `This is a public health issue,` she said. She noted that...