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How a Giant Egg Farm Made Money Off Women Prisoners in Dangerous Conditions
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How a Giant Egg Farm Made Money Off Women Prisoners in Dangerous Conditions

ByEyes on Trafficking News

1. Mayhem “Everybody who works at Hickman’s, get up! Pack your stuff—you’re being moved today!” Corrections officers swarmed the Santa Rosa Unit at the Perryville women’s prison in Goodyear, Arizona, barking orders and handing out trash bags for belongings. Many women were alarmed. We’re being moved to Hickman’s? How? The officers weren’t sharing a lot…

Attorney General Honors Local FHP Troop For Rescuing Human Trafficking Victim
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Attorney General Honors Local FHP Troop For Rescuing Human Trafficking Victim

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January 25, 2023 Troopers recovered a minor trafficked by a known gang member after a car pursuit. The investigation uncovered that the defendant transported the victim across the state and coerced the teenager into sex work and child pornography. In addition to the Back the Blue Award, Attorney General Moody presented a resolution to FHP…

Woman shares survival story after more than a decade of human trafficking
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Woman shares survival story after more than a decade of human trafficking

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SAN MATEO — Human trafficking happens every day in neighborhoods across the state and it goes barely noticed, but woman who spent more than a decade trapped in that world is now doing something about it. “I was trafficked when I was 15 and I had three different traffickers,” Elizabeth Quiroz told KPIX. “I was…

Man arrested for alleged human trafficking at a Rohnert Park hotel
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Man arrested for alleged human trafficking at a Rohnert Park hotel

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ROHNERT PARK — Police officers arrested a Santa Rosa man for allegedly exploiting two females — one a minor — in human trafficking crimes at a Rohnert Park hotel. Police arrested 45-year-old Santwun Williams at a hotel in the 6000 block of Redwood Drive on Dec. 22 following an investigation from the Rohnert Park Department…

Woman, child found in human trafficking investigation at Rohnert Park hotel
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Woman, child found in human trafficking investigation at Rohnert Park hotel

ByEyes on Trafficking News

ROHNERT PARK, Calif. (KRON) — Two victims of human trafficking, a woman and a minor, were found at a hotel in Rohnert Park last week, according to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety. On Dec. 22, public safety officers headed to a hotel in the 6000 block of Redwood Drive and came into contact…