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A fugitive is a person who is on the run or attempting to evade arrest or capture by law enforcement. In the context of human trafficking, a fugitive may be someone who is actively involved in trafficking or who is being sought by authorities for their involvement in trafficking. It is important to note that victims of trafficking may also be considered fugitives if they have escaped from their traffickers and are attempting to avoid being found and returned to their traffickers. Law enforcement agencies may work to apprehend fugitives involved in trafficking, but it is also important to provide support and protection to victims who may fear being returned to their traffickers if caught.
How torture, inaction underpin UAE’s thriving sex trafficking industry African women trafficked into the UAE are forced into debt and subjected to threats and violence, as they are kept in sexual slavery. The case of Christy Gold, who has been charged with sex trafficking in Nigeria, highlights the torment endured by these women in the…
HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT In Taylor County, Peilun Jiao was arrested on February 17 for trafficking of a person following allegations of forced labor. The arrest was made by the Abilene Police Department after a true bill indictment by the Human Trafficking Unit was presented to a Taylor County grand jury. MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL UNIT In…
More than a decade after being indicted for allegedly being in possession of possessing child sexual abuse material, a 51-year-old Lynn man was arrested in the Dominican Republic on Friday, said the U.S. Attorney’s office for Massachusetts. Melchor Datu, who is originally from the Philippines, was arrested in a joint effort between special agents and…
Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have intercepted three suspected victims of human trafficking who attempted to leave the country disguised as tourists. Meanwhile, BI operatives also arrested a Japanese fugitive wanted by authorities in Tokyo for robbery, extortion and involvement in telecommunications fraud. Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said…
Read FERGUS M. BORDEWICH’s original post, from January 14th, 2006. JOHN BROWN believed that God himself had ordained him to bring an end to slavery. Achieving his goal hinged on a radical and deeply secret scheme: the establishment of an “Underground Pass-Way” that would extend the Underground Railroad more than a thousand miles southward through…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced this week that it has deported a number of illegal immigrants wanted in their home countries for crimes including homicide and human trafficking. ICE said its Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in El Paso had deported two illegal immigrant fugitives wanted in El Salvador for homicide and for human…
MIAMI – Two Venezuelan nationals wanted by law enforcement authorities in Mexico for human trafficking and sex exploitation were turned over to Mexican law enforcement authorities Dec. 28, by officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Miami. Arianny Paola Vega-Escalona, 24, and Yubisay Delimar Sandoval Sequera, 32, departed Miami International Airport to their destination of…
INQUIRER file photo / ALEXIS CORPUZ MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has taken under custody a suspected Chinese mafia member who was allegedly involved in human trafficking, the BI chief announced on Thursday. The suspect, a 38-year-old man named Andy Cheng, was arrested on Tuesday by agents of the BI’s fugitive search…
SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio man was sentenced Thursday to 190 months in prison for conspiring to kidnap and transport an undocumented noncitizen. According to court documents, Rosalio Cano Jr., 22, transported an undocumented noncitizen to multiple locations in or around San Antonio over a five-day period. During this time, co-conspirators were in contact…
A Florida man, along with his wife have been arrested on several charges after inappropriate texts with two juveniles were discovered by Marion County detectives. Dwight Tawan Edwards, 47, was arrested in Stockbridge, Georgia, on a Marion County warrant for six counts of human trafficking and six counts of lewd or lascivious battery on…
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