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Commercial Sex Act: Any sex act on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A man and a woman were arrested for allegedly forcing a woman into prostitution. John Edwards Hammond, 30, and Taquita Hughes, 28, were charged with trafficking for commercial sex acts, police said. A woman contacted MPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children and Human Trafficking Task Force on June 10th. She said she met…
In a shocking incident, a 70-year-old American motel manager was found guilty of human trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude or forced labour, according to the US Department of Justice. Shreesh Tiwari, an Indian national and legal US permanent resident, admitted to misusing and abusing his position of power over a female tenant…
Here is our recorded meeting link and chat notes for our May 2023 TC 5 Stones meeting! Our 5 Stones meeting this May consisted of some law enforcement updates and a presentation by Special Agent John Kochan with Homeland Security Investigations as he discussed the successes and challenges of working human trafficking cases. Here is the link to…
Editor’s note: Reminder that all human trafficking statistics are difficult to gather, since it is a crime. We present the best information we can find, but data changes frequently and is often influenced by the group collecting the information and the amount of funding available. Sex trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery that occurs…
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) – It’s a shocking headline, but true. At a press conference in Helena on Monday, Governor Greg Gianforte stated that ‘no criminal has ever been convicted under Montana’s present human trafficking laws’. HB 112 puts Real Teeth in Montana’s Human Trafficking Laws Gianforte called together the state’s Attorney General along with…
Bailey Brown Almost 800 professionals who work with crime victims — law enforcement officers, prosecutors, medical staff, teachers, social service agencies and mental health workers — experienced the 15th Every Victim Every Time conference Wednesday at the Brazos County Expo Complex in Bryan. “Our goal has always been to train any professional who comes into…
My mind still wanders to her. I remember her broken and hollow smile, tattered jeans, deep frown lines, gaunt frame, and overall appearance and manner that were weary and aged well beyond those of a 28-year-old. She sat under the facility’s fluorescent lights, wringing her dry, cracked hands and trying to carefully, almost apologetically, explain…
Download Toolkit PDF here Since 2007, over 3,500 trafficking victims have been identified in the Commonwealth of Virginia, resulting in 1,689 cases of human trafficking. Victims in these cases ranged from minors to adults, males to females, and victims of both labor and sex trafficking. This toolkit is intended to be a resource to help…
Mar. 3 — Yuba College hosted a number of experts and representatives of advocacy groups on Friday to discuss the issue of human trafficking and raise awareness of the physical, mental and emotional impact it has on victims. While people can be trafficked in a number of different ways, the Department of Homeland Security defines…
From Staff Reports All employees at Tulsa International Airport will be equipped to help authorities identify and combat human trafficking through a federal partnership with the Department of Homeland Security. The Blue Lightning Initiative, already in action across the U.S., was announced in Tulsa on Thursday by airport officials along with a Homeland Security representative….
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