The State Department’s annual report on human trafficking pinpointed the prevalence of foster care history among child sex trafficking victims in the United States. While in many other countries, the report listed foster care among the tools used to protect victims of human trafficking, “in the United States, traffickers prey upon children in the foster […]
Director Jaco Booyens: Unsecured Borders a Cash Cow to Child Sex Trade…
MS-13 Men Beat Sex-Trafficked Girl with Bat 28 Times, ‘Indented’ Part of Her Body…
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 […]