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Two women charged with trafficking children for forced labor in South Carolina – WLTX
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Two women charged with trafficking children for forced labor in South Carolina – WLTX

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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Two South Carolina women have been arrested and charged with human trafficking and either offering or using forced child labor after an investigation that involved state agents. According to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, 36-year-old Elvira Teodora Lopez Aguilar of North Charleston was charged on Wednesday with numerous charges related…

Woman, child found in human trafficking investigation at Rohnert Park hotel
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Woman, child found in human trafficking investigation at Rohnert Park hotel

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ROHNERT PARK, Calif. (KRON) — Two victims of human trafficking, a woman and a minor, were found at a hotel in Rohnert Park last week, according to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety. On Dec. 22, public safety officers headed to a hotel in the 6000 block of Redwood Drive and came into contact…

Underage Girls Arrested in Florida ‘Human Trafficking’ Sting
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Underage Girls Arrested in Florida ‘Human Trafficking’ Sting

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Once again, policies billed as helping people coerced into prostitution wind up harming those that cops say they’re trying to help. ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN | 10.25.2022 12:15 PM Two 17-year-old girls were arrested as part of a “human trafficking” operation in Volusia County, Florida, an area on the state’s east coast that encompasses Daytona Beach. The arrests…

Sheriff: 18 arrested, 2 teenagers identified in human trafficking and prostitution sting
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Sheriff: 18 arrested, 2 teenagers identified in human trafficking and prostitution sting

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An undercover human trafficking and prostitution sting led to the arrest of 18 people  and identified two minors who were posting ads on adult websites. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said from Thursday, Oct. 13, through Sunday, Oct. 16, detectives were able to arrest six men and 12 women at two rental locations in the New…

Upstate man receives state’s first life sentence for human trafficking under new law
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Upstate man receives state’s first life sentence for human trafficking under new law

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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…