DeSoto County DA Forms Partnership To Battle Human Trafficking

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton announced Thursday, Jan. 11, a new partnership between his office and Mississippians Against Human Trafficking.

The announcement coincides with National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

“Human Trafficking is not just in Third World countries, it is right here in Mississippi,” Barton said in a statement regarding the partnership. “In fact, in 2021, Mississippi had the second-highest rate of human trafficking cases in the nation, and I am committed to eradicating it in DeSoto County.”
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Matthew Barton

District Attorney

Desoto Administration Building

365 Losher Street, Suite 210
Hernando, MS 38632

Phone: 662-469-8014

Fax: 662-469-8231

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