Penny Ronning, center, applauds trafficking survivor Savannah J. Sanders for inspiring the Billings organizers of the Red Sand Project at Peaks to Plains Park at MSU Billings on April 25, 2019, in Billings, Mont. Ronning says sex trafficking and related crimes have long been present in the state but there's more focus on fighting the problem. (Casey Page/The Billings Gazette via AP)
February 5, 2022
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February 5, 2022 2:06 p.m.
Sex trafficking problem entrenched in Montana, officials say
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A woman made a call from a Billings motel room sometime in 2016. She called her family, telling them that over the past several days a man had forced her to be raped for money by other men in Billings, Missoula and Salt Lake City.