Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. It is a member of the United States Department of Justice and reports to both the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence. The FBI’s mission is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners. The FBI has jurisdiction over federal crimes and certain other matters, and it works closely with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute criminal cases.

Jacksonville Couple Sentenced To Federal Prison For Child Sex Trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News May 19, 2022October 2, 2022

Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Samuel Christopher Templeman (47, Jacksonville) to 13 years and 4 months in federal prison for conspiring to sex traffic a child. Deborah Lynn Templeman (51, Jacksonville) was sentenced to 6 years in federal prison for possession of child sexual abuse material. The court also…

Brooklyn High School Paraprofessional Charged with Production of Child Pornography

ByEyes on Trafficking News May 11, 2022March 12, 2023

An 11-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Brian Quinones, a paraprofessional

Florida Man Charged with Sex Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 29, 2022September 25, 2022

BOSTON – A Florida man has been charged with allegedly trafficking two women to engage in commercial sex acts and being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Angelo Dominic Lombardo, 27, was charged by criminal complaint with two counts of sex trafficking by force, threats of force, fraud and coercion and one…

Dallas Man Pleads Guilty to Leading Violent Sex Trafficking Organization

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 27, 2022November 26, 2022

A Dallas man who called himself “Macknificent” pleaded guilty today to human trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham. Tremont Blakemore, 42, was first charged in September 2019. He pleaded guilty Wednesday to sex trafficking through force, fraud, and coercion before U.S. District Judge Ada Brown. “This defendant systematically…

Stories you may have missed: Sex Trafficking Victims Being Punished; Sex Trafficker Admits to Recruiting a 14-Year-Old Minor; Nationwide Sex Trafficking and Prostitution Enterprise Indictments

ByBilly Joe Cain April 27, 2022December 24, 2022

Defendant Instructed Enforcer: “If She Dares Fight Back, Beat Her More Viciously. Get Some Results from the Beating.”

Nine Members and Associates of Nationwide Sex Trafficking Enterprise Indictment Unsealed

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 12, 2022September 25, 2022

Defendant Instructed Enforcer: “If She Dares Fight Back, Beat Her More Viciously. Get Some Results from the Beating.” A 20-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn variously charging Siyang Chen, Siyu Chen, also known as “Ban Ban,” Bo Jiang, Meizhen Song, also known as “Die Die,” Rong Rong Xu, also known as…

Boston Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 8, 2022March 12, 2023

BOSTON – A Boston man has been indicted on sex trafficking and cocaine charges stemming from his alleged maintenance of a drug and sex trafficking hub operating out of a tent at Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard (Mass and Cass).

The wicked problem of drug trafficking in the Western Hemisphere

ByEyes on Trafficking News January 15, 2021December 4, 2023

How to address the ongoing threat of illegal drug use in the United States remains a persistent challenge. The activities of increasingly sophisticated transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) exacerbate that challenge for the whole of the Western Hemisphere. The incoming Biden administration should be especially wary of the likely inevitable growth of fentanyl shipment through maritime…

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The impact of COVID-19 on human rights

ByEyes on Trafficking News October 28, 2020January 2, 2023

I want to focus on how COVID-19 has changed the structural environment in Latin America and what this means for human rights. Also, what it means for crime and anti-crime policies and consequently on human rights issues. Let me first start with those structural changes. Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an effect so far…

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