Law Enforcement

Law enforcement groups, issues, and resources related to human trafficking.

Vancouver Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Child Sex Trafficking – Department of Justice

ByEyes on Trafficking News May 31, 2022February 27, 2023

PORTLAND, Ore.—A Vancouver, Washington man was sentenced to federal prison today for facilitating and benefitting from the sex trafficking of multiple children. Keonte Desmond Scott, 24, was sentenced to 97 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release. According to court documents and trial testimony, in 2016, after he was released from prison, Scott…

70 missing children, including sex trafficking victims, found in Texas operation – FOX 10 News Phoenix

ByEyes on Trafficking News May 31, 2022December 15, 2022

EL PASO, Texas – U.S. authorities said 70 missing children, ranging in ages from 10 to 17, were recently found after a three-week-long operation based in Texas. Many of the kids, who included victims of sex trafficking and physical and sexual abuse, were located in West Texas, according to authorities. Some were also found in…

Advocacy Network for Children to co-host human trafficking training on Thursday – Muddy River News – Muddy River News

ByEyes on Trafficking News May 31, 2022December 24, 2022

QUINCY — Advocacy Network for Children, together with the Central Illinois Human Trafficking Taskforce and Truckers Against Trafficking, is sponsoring a human trafficking awareness training from 9-11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 2, at Madison Park Christian Church, 4700 Broadway. The training is free and breakfast will be provided. Registration begins at 8:15 a.m. The course will…

Opinion | Human trafficking threatens our society – Daily Illini

ByEyes on Trafficking News May 31, 2022September 26, 2022

In the United States, slavery may be remembered as an abolished practice of the past, but it is still happening here today. It has been carried on through a new, illegal outlet: human trafficking. The Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as “the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of labor…

121 arrests in operation against migrant smuggling and human trafficking – INTERPOL

ByBilly Joe Cain May 30, 2022February 26, 2023

Operation Storm Makers busts criminal networks profiting from the movement of vulnerable men, women and children across borders. Organ traffickers in Turkey staged wedding photos between recipients and donors to mislead hospital ethics checks. LYON, France – An INTERPOL-coordinated operation targeting migrant smuggling and human trafficking has triggered 121 arrests across 25 countries, prompting 193…

Two Charged With Sex Trafficking Women in Pennsylvania, Florida and Texas – MyChesCo

ByEyes on Trafficking News May 29, 2022March 12, 2023

PITTSBURGH, PA — A man from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a woman from Kensington, Maryland, have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges related to sex trafficking, announced United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung. The five-count Indictment, returned on May 19 and recently unsealed, named Philip Walker, a/k/a Phillip Walker, a/k/a Sean,…

“Affected for life,” UNODC’s Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Unit and Danish Doc Production’s anti-human trafficking training film

ByEyes on Trafficking News May 28, 2022December 15, 2022

UNODC’s Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Unit together with Danish Doc Production has produced an anti-human trafficking training film, Affected for Life. The film was produced in the context of UNODC technical assistance, primarily for use in the delivery of training to criminal justice actors, but also to be shown more broadly as an…

2 men accused of sex trafficking teen girls at Dallas hotel, officials say – WFAA.com

ByEyes on Trafficking News May 28, 2022September 21, 2022

LaDarius Alton Smith, 33, and Ulises Rene Garcia, 22, were arrested at a Dallas hotel in April and indicted this week. DALLAS — Two men have been federally-charged for allegedly sex trafficking teenage girls in a Dallas hotel, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). LaDarius Alton Smith, 33, and Ulises Rene Garcia, 22,…

Human trafficking and the Indy 500: What race fans should know – IndyStar

ByEyes on Trafficking News May 28, 2022September 21, 2022

As thousands of people flock to Indianapolis for racing festivities this weekend, concerns about human trafficking may be on the minds of spectators. While the crowds of race fans arriving to attend the Indianapolis 500 doesn’t necessarily indicate there will be a spike in human trafficking cases, police and advocates are reminding people to mind their surroundings…

Men Charged with Trafficking 16-Year-Old Runaway

ByEyes on Trafficking News May 27, 2022June 22, 2022

Two men who allegedly trafficked teenage girls have been federally charged, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.

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