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Johnny Perez was arrested and incarcerated two days after his daughter was born, a heart-wrenching fact by itself. Perez wanted to be there for his daughter, but he was stuck at a state prison in Coxsackie, New York. He worked hard to save money, but his prison job sewing bed sheets started at 17 cents…
Over the last decade, millions of Venezuelans have fled economic collapse and political turmoil, creating what is possibly the biggest migration crisis in the world. This exodus has represented a massive political challenge for the countries migrants have sought passage through or refuge in. It has also represented a major opportunity for organized crime. Over…
COLUMBIA — Dozens of people in Mexico were lured to South Carolina to work for a Lexington County agricultural labor company where they were forced to work long hours, denied the pay they had been promised and had their passports and immigration documents confiscated by their employer, according to statements in federal court June 13. One…
Romanian prosecutors have upgraded the human trafficking charges they are investigating social media influencer Andrew Tate over. Prosecutors say that Mr Tate, his brother Tristan and two other suspects are being investigated for human trafficking “in continued form” – saying that it was a more serious crime than separate counts of trafficking, Reuters reported. The…
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 gangs are using social media to lure teenagers as young as 14 into laundering cash illegally Experts have warned that the fraudsters are connecting with young people on apps such as Tik- Tok, Instagram and Snapchat to convince them to take part in the crimes. It has also been claimed that some are…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security joined the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday to announce the first ever extraditions from Guatemala to the United States on charges of human smuggling resulting in death, and the first Guatemalan human smuggling extraditions to the United States of any kind in nearly five years. This announcement…
Alia Conley In a room full of friendly faces, Diamond Johnson smiled at one in particular. “That’s Angie,” Johnson nodded toward Angie Temple, a former anti-trafficking specialist at Project Harmony. “She puts up with me.” Johnson, a sex trafficking survivor now 20 years old, explained how Temple gained her trust when Johnson was scared and…
Three others have previously been convicted in the case, which involved a 15-year-old victim being sold for sex in Clayton County in 2018. CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Clayton County man has been convicted of selling a teen girl for sex in 2018, the fourth and last defendant in a trafficking case in which the…
Read our campaign field report. In a win for the Freedom United community, this week the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill comes into force, criminalizing child marriage in England and Wales. A win for the Freedom United community With our partners at IKWRO, Forward, Karma Nirvana, Independent Yemen Group and Girls Not Brides,…
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