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Testimony by Tara Lee Rodas for The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
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Testimony by Tara Lee Rodas for The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement

ByBilly Joe Cain

Editor’s note: We are non-partisan. Children are being hurt. Please, watch, read, learn, and act accordingly. Hearing Date: Wednesday 04/26/2023 – 3:00 PM Hearing Location: 2141 Rayburn House Office Building The hearing, “The Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children,” will examine the unprecedented surge of unaccompanied alien children at the southwest border and…

Tarrant County 5 Stones May 2023 Meeting
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Tarrant County 5 Stones May 2023 Meeting

ByBilly Joe Cain

Here is our recorded meeting link and chat notes for our May 2023 TC 5 Stones meeting! Our 5 Stones meeting this May consisted of some law enforcement updates and a presentation by Special Agent John Kochan with Homeland Security Investigations as he discussed the successes and challenges of working human trafficking cases. Here is the link to…

Berks is fourth in Pa. in human-trafficking cases – Reading Eagle
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Berks is fourth in Pa. in human-trafficking cases – Reading Eagle

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Berks, Montgomery and Chester counties were among the counties in Pennsylvania with the highest number of human-trafficking offenses during the most recent five-year period for which those statistics are available. There were 116 human trafficking-related offenses filed in Montgomery County Court between 2017 and 2021, representing about 11% of the statewide total and second only…

Murder suspect already out on bond among 30 busted in Montgomery County human …
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Murder suspect already out on bond among 30 busted in Montgomery County human …

ByEyes on Trafficking News

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – A murder suspect who is currently out on bond was swept up in a human trafficking and prostitution sting in Montgomery County, the sheriff’s office said. On January 4 and 5, members of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Organized Crime Unit completed an operation regarding human trafficking and “buyers of illicit…

Montgomery, Berks and Chester counties among leading counties filing human trafficking charges
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Montgomery, Berks and Chester counties among leading counties filing human trafficking charges

ByEyes on Trafficking News

NORRISTOWN — From January 2017 through December 2021, there were 259 human trafficking cases involving a total of 1,096 human trafficking-related offenses filed statewide and Montgomery, Berks and Chester counties were among those counties leading the state in the number of such filings, according to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts. There were 116 human trafficking-related…

Maryland Attorney General-elect Anthony Brown's goals and priorities in his own words
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Maryland Attorney General-elect Anthony Brown's goals and priorities in his own words

ByEyes on Trafficking News

When Anthony Brown leaves Congress to be sworn in Tuesday as Maryland’s next attorney general, he will make history. Brown, also a former Maryland lieutenant governor, will be the first Black attorney general in state history, joining a historic group of firsts across state government as Democrats look to accomplish a vast political agenda with…

Philadelphia researcher honored for work on rural opioid crisis
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Philadelphia researcher honored for work on rural opioid crisis

ByEyes on Trafficking News

He lives in Philadelphia and his office overlooks a parking lot in suburban Montgomery County, but Glenn Sterner’s roots and his work are rural. Sterner, an assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State Abington, was given the 2022 Rural Health Hero of the Year Award by the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health for his…

Alabama Defendant Sentenced to 60 Years and Ordered to Pay Over $950,000 in Restitution for Sex Trafficking Scheme Involving Forced Prostitution
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Alabama Defendant Sentenced to 60 Years and Ordered to Pay Over $950,000 in Restitution for Sex Trafficking Scheme Involving Forced Prostitution

ByEyes on Trafficking News

U.S. District Court Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. of the Middle District of Alabama sentenced defendant Lonnie Mitchell, 36, of Montgomery, Alabama, to 60 years in prison for coercing several victims, including a minor, to engage in prostitution over the course of several years. The judge also ordered the defendant to pay over $950,000 in…

Family flees to U.S. after escaping human traffickers; Teen loses kidney, left paralyzed
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Family flees to U.S. after escaping human traffickers; Teen loses kidney, left paralyzed

ByEyes on Trafficking News

A teenager left permanently disabled after surviving an attack by human traffickers now lives at the Montgomery County Stillwater Center in Dayton, according to the Public Information Officer (PIO) with Montgomery County Job Center. Surur Ali was only seven years old when his family was kidnapped attempting to flee northeast Africa, the PIO said in…

Mothers of human trafficking victims share their stories, raise awareness in League City
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Mothers of human trafficking victims share their stories, raise awareness in League City

ByEyes on Trafficking News

A lineup of advocates and mothers of victims of human trafficking hosted an awareness event Oct. 6 at the Johnnie Arolfo Civic Center in League City, discussing how to recognize and prevent the crime. Nichole Bowie, a League City resident and founder of Mady’s Movement, lost her daughter Mady to human trafficking two years ago….