Local:
Georgia ranks high in top 10 most wanted sex traffickers
Four out of the top 10 most wanted human traffickers committed their crimes within the state, according to CBS46.
Eugenio Hernandez-Prieto, Jose Isidro Gutiérrez-Marez, Severiano Martinez-Rojas and Saul Romero-Rugerio were identified by the U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations division and are wanted for sex trafficking.
ICE said in 2014 they identified 440 victims or more of human trafficking. They also arrested 1,770 perpetrators of the crime. More than 36 women have been rescued and ICE have also investigated more than 1,000 crimes.
National:
Obama proposes a 10-year deficit budget
President Obama proposed a budget on Feb. 2 to stabilize the federal deficit by focusing on policies to address income inequality, according to The New York Times.
The $4 trillion 2016 fiscal would affect corporations obtaining overseas profits, raise taxes on richer citizens, and increase middle-class incomes through new spending and tax credits. The president’s spending-and-taxes plan foresees a $474 billion deficit. This would be 2.5 percent of the gross domestic product.
International:
Court rules in favor of books for inmates
A rule was set in place stopping English and Welsh prisoners from having access to books have been deemed unlawful, according to BBC News.
However, books may now be sent to the inmates via retailers approved by the Prison Service. The previous restriction, introduced in November 2013, was set in place to limit items prisoners could receive in packages and to stop drugs from getting into the facilities.
