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A Lancaster man is the first person in South Carolina to be convicted of human trafficking under new state laws, the state Attorney General’s Office said. David Hayden, a registered sex offender, was sentenced to life in prison Friday for trafficking a 15-year-old runaway in Upstate South Carolina. It’s the first conviction for human trafficking…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – For the first time in the 10 years since the task force designed to prevent and prosecute human trafficking was formed, the state’s General Assembly approved adding funding for it from the state’s budget. A recurring financial appropriation will provide $1.7 million per year for the South Carolina Human Trafficking Task…
October 13 was the third annual human trafficking symposium put on by the Montana Department of Justice HELENA, Mont. – October 13 was the third human trafficking symposium hosted by Attorney General Austin Knudsen. Nearly 20 organizations and non-profits gathered together to continue conversations on how to combat human trafficking in the state. Discussions centered…
OMAHA — Nebraska has a new local hotline for the public to report suspected cases of sex trafficking and labor trafficking. The new line, available 24 hours a day, is 833-PLS-LOOK (833-757-5665). Announced Thursday by Attorney General Doug Peterson and the Nebraska State Patrol, the hotline is designed to receive tips on possible human trafficking…
October 13, 2022 Press Release HELENA – Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen hosted law enforcement and government officials, criminal prosecutors, and leaders from advocacy groups and private industry in Helena today for the Montana Department of Justice’s third human trafficking symposium. The meeting builds on Attorney General Knudsen’s previous two symposiums and his commitment to…
Human rights activist and Delta ‘Take It Back’ Coordinator, Ighorhiohwunu Aghogho has pleaded ‘not guilty’ to charges of cyberstalking preferred against him by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. In what appears to be a ploy to buy time, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN on July…
A Franklin County grand jury indicted four people in connection to a human and drug trafficking ring in Columbus, following a yearslong investigation by an Ohio crime investigation task force. The suspects were charged with 44 felony charges for criminal activity that occurred from 2018 to 2022. RELATED: Columbus police arrest 13 gang members during…
Human trafficking is an extraordinary crime so it must be settled comprehensively, from upstream down to downstream. Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Consulate General in Doha, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), recently provided technical guidance on the identification of human trafficking victims to Indonesian representatives in the Middle East. The technical guidance…
Melba regularly showed up at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2018 to accompany a child she cared for who was being treated there. But nobody noticed — or asked about — Melba’s own suffering. The petite Filipina was miserable, working more than 100 hours a week as a maid and nanny, earning between $400 and $550…
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – Early voting in Georgia is set to kick off in a week and Tuesday is the last day to register to vote in the November election. With those key dates right around the corner, one candidate running for state Attorney General visited the Fountain City earlier today. Many may see salons…
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