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Oakland church helps sex workers get off streets and back home – ABC7 News
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Oakland church helps sex workers get off streets and back home – ABC7 News

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — An East Oakland church is collecting funds to send women believed to be trafficked sex workers back home, following an I-Team investigation exposing the problem nearby a local grade school. “We’ve sent three women home,” said Michael Vigil, the pastor at Victory Outreach church, an evangelical church along International Boulevard that’s…

Opinion: Human trafficking happens in CT – Darien Times
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Opinion: Human trafficking happens in CT – Darien Times

Human trafficking happens right here in Connecticut. In 2021, the Department of Family and Children received 241 reports of child trafficking in Connecticut. Since its inception in 2007, the Human Trafficking Hotline has identified 508 human trafficking cases involving Connecticut victims. And between the years of 2016 and 2021, Connecticut logged 456 arrests for human…

Anti-human trafficking unit in McLennan County arrests 12 during latest sting
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Anti-human trafficking unit in McLennan County arrests 12 during latest sting

WACO, Texas (KWTX) – The McLennan County Sheriff’s Office’s Human Trafficking Unit arrested 12 individuals during a sting operation targeting human trafficking. Some of the suspects were reportedly looking to pay for sex, including three who allegedly solicited from a minor. Five other individuals were allegedly in possession of child pornography. “They’re trading this child…

Hope Valley is personal mission for Newark residents – Spectrum News
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Hope Valley is personal mission for Newark residents – Spectrum News

NEWARK, Ohio —  Hope Valley is a mental health and wellness retreat center offering different treatments through its vision statement, “Help Others through Personal Experiences.” For founder Jamie Clouse and Executive Director Violet Queen, the endeavor is a leap of faith, but they are using their life experiences to help connect with visitors to the nonprofit. What…

Bay Area man pleads guilty to human trafficking, pimping
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Bay Area man pleads guilty to human trafficking, pimping

A 25-year-old Solano man arrested in 2021 in connection with human trafficking has pleaded guilty to one count of human trafficking to obtain forced labor or services and one count of pimping, the Solano County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. Davonte Tavarius Pariani, aka Davontae Tavarius Pariani, is expected to receive a determinate sentence of…

Fairfield County – Twelve Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting – Scioto Post
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Fairfield County – Twelve Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting – Scioto Post

Fairfield County – Sheriff office has arrested 12 people in connection with Human trafficking in Fairfield county. Fairfield County Sheriff Alex Lape would like to announce that a multi-location operation aimed at reducing the demand for prostitution and human trafficking resulted in the arrest of twelve offenders. On June 24, 2022, an operation led by…