A female human trafficking victim too young to legally drive a car or buy a lottery ticket was savagely beaten with a bat by a pack of incensed MS-13 members, Montgomery County Police said. Late last month, Ivan Alexis Pena-Rodriguez, 20, Yervin Josue Romero-Rivera, 21, and Miguel Angel Ayala-Rivera, 24, were all formally charged with […]
An Eye Popping Review of the #Backpage Indictment into Sex Trafficking…
Every single person who lamented the seizure of #backpage #backpageseized needs to read this. Especially page 31, the beginning of Section E. Don’t cry for these people that were arrested. Fun fact: a lot of the women and minors being exploited in the illegal sex trafficking trade -get this! – don’t get to keep any […]
#Backpage Pleads Guilty to Human Trafficking Five Days After Women’s March Endorsement…
Number of Children Forced into Slavery Hits All-Time High…
While the resurgence of human trafficking in war-torn Libya in recent years has occupied the headlines, trafficking in the UK has also climbed to an all-time high, according to the National Crime Agency. Statistics released by the NCA show the number of potential victims of slavery has increased by 35% to 5,145 since 2016 – […]
300 Illegal Immigrants Stopped at Texas Border…
Three hundred U.S.-bound Central Americans migrants, including dozens of children, were found over the weekend inside two trucks in Mexico without proper ventilation or enough food or water. Mexico’s National Institute of Migration, known as INM, informed that 198 migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were found Saturday morning inside a truck as they […]
Sex Sting Leads to 277 Arrests in Florida…
44 Arrested in Human Trafficking in Texas…
84 Kids Rescued, 120 Human Traffickers Arrested in FBI Sting…
Eighty-four children were rescued — including one as young as 3 months old — and 120 human traffickers were arrested in a nationwide undercover operation that involved a Myrtle Beach hotel. In South Carolina, the three-day operation Oct. 12-15 focused on undercover stings in Myrtle Beach and Columbia. Three women were arrested and charged with […]
U.S. to Arrest Parents, Sponsors Who Hire Smugglers to Bring Children Across Border…
The Trump administration said Friday it will begin arresting parents and others who hire smugglers to bring children into the U.S., in an effort to break up human-trafficking operations. The new “surge initiative” by Immigration and Customs Enforcement marks the latest get-tough approach to immigration by the federal government since President Donald Trump took office. […]
U.S. Declares China Among Worst Human Traffickers…
The United States placed China on a list of nations considered to be the worst human trafficking offenders, a move that could exacerbate tensions with Beijing following an easing of relations in the first few months of the Trump administration. The public rebuke to China could complicate efforts by the United States to persuade Beijing […]