Minnesota: Five convicted for sex trafficking women from Thailand, placing then across America
The Justice Department announced Thursday that five people have been convicted by a federal jury in St. Paul, Minn., for involvement in an international sex trafficking ring. This sex trafficking organization transported More...
Feds bust New York sex trafficking ring, arrest 19: Hubert Dupigny, Hensley Dupigny named in case
Federal prosecutors in New York have charged nineteen people tied to a sex trafficking ring that exploited teenage victims at the Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Residential Treatment Center, a center for children with More...
Dallas: Helen Kim indicted for prostitution, human trafficking ring
Following a sting operation at a Dallas hotel earlier this month, law enforcement liberated dozens of women sold for sex, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox, Northern District of Texas. This week, a federal More...
Wichita Man, Christian Dixon charged with Armed Robbery
A Wichita man pleaded guilty Monday to carrying a gun during a robbery of a man who was going to meet with a prostitute, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Photo/Steve Buissinne Christian L. Dixon, 28, Wichita, More...
Pennsylvania: Activist mom makes stand against pornography with new billboards
Chrissy is a mother and activist in the anti-pornography movement. She recently coordinated an effort to post billboards in Pottstown, PA highlighting the harmful effects of pornography. NCOSE recently had the opportunity More...
Task Force Operation in Everett Recovers 13 Victims of Sex Trafficking in Washington
On Friday, October 19, 2018, an FBI Seattle Division Child Exploitation Task Force (CETF), along with additional local partners, conducted an operation in the Everett, WA, area to recover juvenile victims of sex More...
Cook Country arrests hundreds in sex trafficking crackdown as part of National Johns Suppression Initiative
The Cook County sheriff’s office said Wednesday that hundreds of sex buyers and six “pimps” were arrested as part of the nationwide effort against sex trafficking: the National Johns Suppression More...
Fort Worth sex trafficking ring ends with a life sentence for ‘Zigg’ Davis, ‘Pooh’ Sanders and ‘Pedro’ Lagrone
A Fort Worth man was sentenced Monday to life in federal prison, announced Erin Nealy Cox U.S. Attorney of the Northern District of Texas. This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s More...
Oakland human trafficking case: James Monroe charged for running teen girl sex trade
An Oakland man is now facing nine felony charges, including human trafficking, rape and kidnapping, as Contra Costa County prosecutors Tuesday filed charges in a sex trade bust. James Monroe James Monroe, 26, More...
Women’s March organizers are calling FBI’s seizure of backpage.com over human trafficking charges a ‘crisis for sex workers’
The top online human trafficking site, Backpage.com, was seized by the federal government two weeks after the U.S. House and Senate passed a bill to stop online human sex trafficking. Now organizers from the Women’s More...
South Korean Court Rules on US Troops
In South Korea’s flawed democracy, lawsuits against the government for violation of human rights hardly ever succeed. Information to use as evidence are in the government’s hands and resources available to accusers More...
House passes human trafficking bill, targeting online sex trade, sites like backpage.com
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an historic legislative package to fight online sex trafficking, by a vote of 388 to 25. The legislation included H.R. 1865 the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online More...
The ‘Dirty Dozen’ companies linked to perpetuating sexual exploitation includes Amazon, Comcast, Google, YouTube
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) announced its 2018 “dirty dozen” list naming top facilitators of sexual exploitation in mainstream society. “Our Dirty Dozen List gets results. It has instigated More...
Chicago sex trafficking sting net 31 arrests, national total of arrests tops 600
Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart’s office said that south suburban police arrested 31 sex buyers as part of a nearly monthlong national sex trafficking sting operation. Dart’s office stated that nationally, More...
National Center on Sexual Exploitation conducts awareness of sex trafficking during Super Bowl
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is conducting its annual Tackle Demand activism campaign to shed light on the sex trafficking that occurs every year at the Super Bowl. While the claim that More...
North Carolina human trafficking sting leads to arrests of Autumn Beal, Gregory Sterling, Alicia Halstead
The FBI and Hagerstown Police Department charged three people during a human-trafficking sting that was conducted Tuesday at hotels in the city. Hagerstown police said in a news release that the undercover operation More...
Maryland police have arrested Abiathar Vance, charged with three counts of human trafficking
Police in Maryland have charged a man with human trafficking after authorities said he trapped a 16-year-old girl into prostitution. Frederick police said Abiathar Vance, 39, was with a 16-year-old girl whom he More...
Sexual exploitation activists attack HBO’s ‘The Deuce’ ‘their use of the pornography and prostitution’ as entertainment
The final episode of the first season of HBO’s new show, The Deuce, will air Sunday night, bringing to a close, for now, yet another HBO series that profits off of the sexual exploitation of women. “HBO’s More...
Cornelius Wells, Oshay Small arrested for child sex trafficking in Texas, Arizona
Police have arrested two men accused of child sex trafficking multiple victims in Arizona and Texas. Oshay Small Mesa police detailed how Oshay Small, 24, and 21-year-old Cornelius Wells were arrested near Metro More...
Ohio: Akron couple, Darren Townsend and Pearl Coffey indicted on human trafficking charges
An Akron couple was indicted Friday on several human trafficking charges, authorities said. Darren Townsend, 37, and Pearl Coffey, 34, are charged with multiple counts of compelling prostitution, trafficking in More...
