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Florida Man Charged with Sex Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 29, 2022September 25, 2022

BOSTON – A Florida man has been charged with allegedly trafficking two women to engage in commercial sex acts and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Angelo Dominic Lombardo, 27, was charged by criminal complaint with two counts of sex trafficking by force, threats of force, fraud and coercion and one…

DOJ Commemorates National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 29, 2022November 26, 2022

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime (“OVC”) and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa will join federal, state, and local communities nationwide in observing National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and celebrating victims’ rights, protections, and services. This year’s observance takes place April 24-30…

Justice Department Recognizes Human Trafficking Survivor and Advocate from Washington with Special Courage Award – Department of Justice

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 29, 2022November 26, 2022

The Office for Victims of Crime, a component of the Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs, presented the Special Courage Award to Suamhirs Piraino-Guzman, a human trafficking survivor and advocate residing in Seattle, Washington. This Special Courage Award category honors a victim or survivor who has shown exceptional perseverance or determination. It may also acknowledge…

Man Who Spent A Year Distributing Child Pornography Sentenced to 20 Years

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 28, 2022March 12, 2023

Miami, Florida – A 31-year-old Miami man was sentenced yesterday in Miami federal court to 20 years in prison followed by 50 years of supervised release for distributing child pornography over the course of one year.

“Faces of human trafficking” video series from the Office of Victims of Crime at the U.S. Department of Justice

ByBilly Joe Cain April 28, 2022February 27, 2023

The series is intended to be used for outreach and education efforts of service providers, law enforcement, prosecutors, and others in the community.

Health Care Providers Are Missing Signs of Human Trafficking / Modern Slavery

ByBilly Joe Cain April 28, 2022February 27, 2023

“88% of nearly a hundred trafficking victims had contact with a health care provider at some point while being trafficked” Thousands of sex trafficking victims filter through the U.S. health care system each year. Words and Photos by Isabella Gomes This article appeared in print as “What Doctors Are Missing” in the Spring 2020 issue of Hopkins Bloomberg…

Dallas Man Pleads Guilty to Leading Violent Sex Trafficking Organization

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 27, 2022November 26, 2022

A Dallas man who called himself “Macknificent” pleaded guilty today to human trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. Tremont Blakemore, 42, was first charged in September 2019. He pleaded guilty Wednesday to sex trafficking through force, fraud, and coercion before U.S. District Judge Ada Brown. “This defendant systematically…

Stories you may have missed: Sex Trafficking Victims Being Punished; Sex Trafficker Admits to Recruiting a 14-Year-Old Minor; Nationwide Sex Trafficking and Prostitution Enterprise Indictments

ByBilly Joe Cain April 27, 2022December 24, 2022

Defendant Instructed Enforcer: “If She Dares Fight Back, Beat Her More Viciously. Get Some Results from the Beating.”

ATEST Testifies to House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security on Ways to Plug Gaps in U.S. Anti-trafficking Programs

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 27, 2022July 29, 2023

April 27, 2022 • 8:37 am • Terry FitzPatrick ATEST is was well represented at Wednesday’s herring of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security. Speakers at the session included: ATEST Director Terry FitzPatrick (see written testimony here) ATEST member organization Human Trafficking Legal Center Founder and President Martina Vandenberg (see written…

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New York Man and Woman Sentenced for Sex Trafficking of Minors

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 26, 2022June 22, 2022

NORFOLK, Va. – A New York woman was sentenced today to 76 months in prison for sex trafficking of a minor. Her co-defendant, also from New York, was previously sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion. According to court documents, for at least a decade beginning around 2010,…

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