Prosecutors seek crackdown on sites selling illegal sex ADVERTISING Prosecutors seek crackdown on sites selling illegal sex HONOLULU (AP) — Prosecutors from around the world say the fight against sex trafficking is moving online as traffickers use popular websites to
Prosecutors seek crackdown on sites selling illegal sex
HONOLULU (AP) — Prosecutors from around the world say the fight against sex trafficking is moving online as traffickers use popular websites to advertise sexual services.
They talked about how they can crack down on the problem during the final day of an international sex trafficking summit Friday in Waikiki.
Some said they’re pushing for legislation in the United States to make it illegal to use websites to solicit illegal sex.
Other law enforcement officers say the websites have helped them catch traffickers by identifying locations where there’s a problem.
Number of visitors tops 780K in August
HONOLULU (AP) — The number of tourists visiting Hawaii hit a record for the month of August by topping 780,000 people.
The Hawaii Tourism Authority said Friday 3.1 percent more travelers came to the islands in August compared with the same month last year. It marked the 19th consecutive month of gains.
Visitors increased from the U.S. mainland and many foreign countries in August, but declined from Japan and Canada.
The tourism agency says visitor spending rose more than 5 percent compared with the same month last year. It marked the third month in a row of gains.
Woman says shark attack was like a ‘football tackle’
HONOLULU (AP) — A woman bitten by a shark at a popular Oahu surfing beach this month is recovering from the attack she says was like a “football tackle.”
The 51-year-old woman who was swimming off Makaha Beach said she did not know she was bitten until she saw her own blood.
“I turned around where the surfers are and I just felt this huge, huge tackle, like a football tackle,” the woman, who identified herself as Aunty Lulu, said. “I was just so ready to fight and get out of the water, and when I looked up to get up and try to figure out who it was, I just saw flesh, all over flesh, my blood, my shoulder was coming off, my arm was barely there.”
She suffered bites on her shoulder and forearm in the Sept. 7 attack, said Jason Patterson of the Ocean Safety Division of Honolulu’s emergency services department.
A surfer spotted the woman and tried to get her on his board before lifeguards paddled out on rescue boards and brought the woman to shore at Makaha Beach.
Aunty Lulu was taken to a hospital in serious condition but is now recovering.
She said she has been swimming at the beach for 16 years and does not blame the shark for the attack.
