From 5 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday night, Flagstaff City Councilmember Adam Shimoni will be co-hosting an online town hall discussion of sex trafficking and victim-centered response with Kate Wyatt of the Flagstaff Initiative Against Trafficking (FIAT).
The event is a response to public outcry over an in-depth report by ABC15 about an undercover investigation of possible sex trafficking and prostitution in local massage parlors.
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