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3 suspects in Williamsburg human trafficking case plead not guilty – WTKR
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3 suspects in Williamsburg human trafficking case plead not guilty – WTKR

NORFOLK, Va. – Three of the four people facing charges related to a human trafficking case at a Williamsburg laundry facility pleaded not guilty in the case. All four defendants appeared before a federal judge Tuesday at the U.S. District Courthouse in Norfolk. They were arrested by U.S. Marshals last week on charges of money…

Enhancing the fight against human trafficking in the Granite State
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Enhancing the fight against human trafficking in the Granite State

   Darlene Pawlik vividly remembers the moment her 14-year-old self was taken to Plaistow, N.H., by a physician – not for medical treatment, but for sex. Pawlik had just been bought by this older man. “So, why are you doing this?” he asked. “Uh – just bored, nothing else to do,” Pawlik said. But it was not boredom that…

United States Attorney Announces Results Of Efforts To Combat Human Trafficking
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United States Attorney Announces Results Of Efforts To Combat Human Trafficking

Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the results achieved to date by the Middle District of Florida to combat human trafficking. This includes trafficking of minors, forced labor, and sex trafficking of adults by force, fraud, or coercion. During fiscal year 2022, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of…

Paxton’s Human Trafficking and Transnational Organized Crime Division Helps Secure Punishment for Human Trafficker
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Paxton’s Human Trafficking and Transnational Organized Crime Division Helps Secure Punishment for Human Trafficker

Joylette Blanton, 30, of Sherman, Texas, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for Compelling Prostitution of a Minor and Trafficking of a Person, pursuant to a plea agreement with the Grayson County District Attorney’s Office. The Office of the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking and Transnational/Organized Crime (HTTOC) Division, represented by Assistant Attorney General…

Maryland’s Most Wanted | Man sought after child escapes possible human trafficking
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Maryland’s Most Wanted | Man sought after child escapes possible human trafficking

A Baltimore child narrowly escapes being trafficked across the country, and now the U.S. Marshals Service has joined the search for a man wanted in connection to the case, officials said. Ramon Ruiz, 31, of Baltimore, is wanted for second-degree rape. It’s a disturbing case involving Ruiz and his wife, who is accused of planning…

Arizona police arrest 21 men in child sex crimes, human trafficking operation
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Arizona police arrest 21 men in child sex crimes, human trafficking operation

Operation Back To Skool: 21 men arrested as part of undercover child sex crimes operation Authorities say they have arrested 21 people in connection with an undercover operation that targeted child sex crimes and human trafficking. SURPRISE, Ariz. – Authorities in Arizona have made 21 arrests in connection to an undercover operation targeting child sex…

‘Back to Skool’: Arizona police arrest 21 men in child sex crimes, human trafficking operation
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‘Back to Skool’: Arizona police arrest 21 men in child sex crimes, human trafficking operation

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Authorities in Arizona have made 21 arrests in connection to an undercover operation targeting child sex crimes and human trafficking. Surprise Police say the suspects were arrested during “Operation Back to Skool,” a Valley-wide investigation where detectives “placed ads on websites commonly sought out by suspects seeking illegal sex acts.” “Operations of…

U.S. Marshals rescue 14 missing or endangered children in Louisiana – Fox 8
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U.S. Marshals rescue 14 missing or endangered children in Louisiana – Fox 8

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WAFB) – The U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana New Orleans announced the recovery of 14 missing or endangered children as part of Operation Summer Knights. Eight people were also arrested. The investigation was conducted in the New Orleans area between April 30, 2022, and August 31, 2022, and resulted in…

U.S. Attorney Charges Former Rockland County Coach With Transporting Minors To Engage In Illegal Sexual Activity
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U.S. Attorney Charges Former Rockland County Coach With Transporting Minors To Engage In Illegal Sexual Activity

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging VICTOR BYRNE, 56, with transporting two minors to engage in illegal sexual activity in 2006 and 2008.  BYRNE was arrested this morning in Orlando, Florida and presented in Orlando federal court. U.S. Attorney Damian…