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AG Fitch Leads Human Trafficking Operation on Mississippi Gulf Coast, Trains Two Dozen New Certified Trafficking Investigators – MageeNews.com
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AG Fitch Leads Human Trafficking Operation on Mississippi Gulf Coast, Trains Two Dozen New Certified Trafficking Investigators – MageeNews.com

Please note that this post contains affiliate links and any sales made through such links will reward MageeNews.com a small commission – at no extra cost to you.  (Jackson, Mississippi) Attorney General Lynn Fitch today announced the completion of a four-day human trafficking training for 28 law enforcement officers from across the state. The training included…

Man sentenced to 40 years for exchanging drugs to sexually abuse children
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Man sentenced to 40 years for exchanging drugs to sexually abuse children

A man who prosecutors say “terrorized” rural communities in Scioto County was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a child sex trafficking operation. Larry Dean Porter, 72, of Wheelersburg, Ohio, and 11 other family members and associates were arrested and indicted in 2020. They were accused of using drug addictions to gain sexual access to children…

Three properties facing $1.249 mil. in fines after illegal marijuana bust
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Three properties facing $1.249 mil. in fines after illegal marijuana bust

ROGUE RIVER, Ore. – A major marijuana bust was made in rural Rogue River last week. The investigation led to the property owners now facing more than $1.2 million in fines. “There’s no cell phone connection and you’re pretty far out there,” Jackson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Aaron Lewis said. JCSO said three neighboring properties…

Task Force Busts Drug Trafficking Organization Marijuana Grow, Destroys 149k Lbs
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Task Force Busts Drug Trafficking Organization Marijuana Grow, Destroys 149k Lbs

IMET Case 22-14567 RURAL JACKSONVILLE, Ore. – Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) SWAT team responded to a black-market cannabis growing and processing facility early Wednesday morning to assist Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team (IMET) detectives in serving a search warrant. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) assisted due to concerns of forced labor trafficking and substandard living conditions….

Jury convicts final defendant in Scioto County human trafficking operation involving drugs exchanged for sexual access to children
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Jury convicts final defendant in Scioto County human trafficking operation involving drugs exchanged for sexual access to children

COLUMBUS, Ohio – All 11 defendants charged federally in a Scioto County child sex trafficking operation have been convicted. A federal grand jury originally indicted Larry Dean Porter, 71, of Wheelersburg, Ohio, and several of his family members and associates in June 2020. Porter exchanged drugs obtained in Columbus and elsewhere for sexual access to…