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"Tommy Guns" Sentenced to Prison for Human Trafficking and Involuntary Manslaughter
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"Tommy Guns" Sentenced to Prison for Human Trafficking and Involuntary Manslaughter

ByEyes on Trafficking News

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced that a Franklin County man has been sentenced to prison for providing a lethal dose of narcotics to a human trafficking victim. “Traffickers exploit vulnerabilities, leveraging addiction to control their victims – evil that will now be restrained by prison bars,” Yost said. Paul Chiles,…

4 indicted in west Columbus human trafficking, drug bust
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4 indicted in west Columbus human trafficking, drug bust

ByEyes on Trafficking News

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…

Central Ohio task force seeks teen, a suspected trafficking victim – The Columbus Dispatch
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Central Ohio task force seeks teen, a suspected trafficking victim – The Columbus Dispatch

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force is requesting help in locating a missing 17-year-old girl they believe is a human trafficking victim, and they’ve released photos of her as well as of a Columbus man wanted on a felony warrant who they want to question about her disappearance. Daniela Juneth Cruz-Rios is an unaccompanied minor in…