On Monday, January 9, 2012, from 2:00 P.M. to 5:30 P.M., Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tricia Nakamatsu, our department’s Director for Victim Witness Advocates Dennis Dunn, our department’s Communications Executive Assistant as well as our court dog, Pono, a black Labrador Retriever, attended the House Committee on Human Services, House Committee on International Affairs, Senate Committee on Human Services, and Senate Committee on Transportation & International Affairs’ informational briefing on human and sex trafficking. I was moved by the testimonies stated by a couple of female survivors of sex trafficking.
