Dallas man Tremont Blakemore charged with human trafficking for over 7 years
A Dallas man was charged Wednesday with operating a large-scale human trafficking organization. These charges were announced by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. This case was investigated More...
Nevada sued over legal prostitution: It promotes sexual exploitation, trafficking
Nevada’s sanction of organized sexual exploitation—that is, its legalized system of prostitution—has created powerful economic incentives for the “supply and distribution” of people for sex—especially 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...
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...
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...
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...
Texas human trafficking bust leads to 37 arrests linked to soliciting underage children online
Texas law enforcement officials have arrested 37 people in and around Midland County as part of an ongoing investigation into human trafficking. The Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigation Division of More...
Eight UAE Princesses convicted in human trafficking sting linked to Belgium hotel
Eight Emirati princesses were convicted of human trafficking by a Belgian court on Friday and were given suspended jail terms and fines in a case stemming from their treatment of servants at a Brussels luxury hotel More...
New reports reveals human trafficking problem in Billings Montana
In a new article published on Billings Gazette, the law enforcement and FBI efforts in Montana have resulted in spotlighting the growing and serious problem in Montana communities: human trafficking. Linking human More...
Pennsylvania: Nathaniel Pagan now charge with human trafficking after prostitute talks
A Reading man who was arrested in a prostitution sting organized by a Spring Township detective last month faces new charges including human trafficking. Nathaniel E.R. Pagan has now been linked to a new investigation More...
#TackleDemand attempts to target sex trafficking at Super Bowl with message ‘don’t buy sex’
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is launching a new awareness campaign with over 20 partners to target demand for sex trafficking at the Super Bowl and beyond. “How do you stop sex trafficking More...
Anti-Sexual Violence, human trafficking groups unite to fight against California’s move to legalize prostitution
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation submitted an amicus brief yesterday to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of ESPLERP v. Gascón. Twelve other nonprofit organizations working to combat sexual More...
Texas sex trafficking sting results in the arrest of pimps, gang members and heinous abuse of sex slaves
Four individuals, with ties to the Polywood Crips street gang in Fort Worth, have pleaded guilty to their respective roles in a child sex trafficking conspiracy. Audry Lane, aka “Spud,” 29, pleaded guilty Tuesday More...
California Sex trafficking bust leads to arrest of Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer
As a result of a three-year investigation spearheaded by the California Attorney General’s office, authorities in Texas arrested Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer on felony charges of pimping a minor, pimping, and More...
Illinois Gov Bruce Rauner signs two bills to fight human trafficking
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner used harsh language and the power of the office, to sign two bills targeting human trafficking and sexual exploitation across the state. Gov. Rauner labeled human trafficking a form of More...
Canada Supreme Court says restrictions on prostitution unconstitutional
The supreme court of Canada struck down all current restrictions on prostitution on Friday, including bans on brothels and on street solicitation, declaring that the provisions unconstitutionally violated prostitutes’ More...
Philippines women’s group, Gabriela comes out against UN recommendation to legalize prostitution in Asia
A newly published report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) calls for the decriminalization of prostitution in Asia and the South Pacific as a way to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections More...
