Sex Trafficking

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A jury in Florida has convicted a Connecticut man of sex trafficking at the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami. The U.S. attorney’s office had alleged 48-year-old Edward Walker, of New Haven, brought two adult women and a 17-year-old girl from Connecticut to Miami in JanuaryContinue Reading

Multiple task forces recovered eight missing and endangered children and arrested 18 sex offenders in Louisiana as part of a two-month investigation, the U.S. Marshals Service announced Tuesday. Operations Return of the School Year and NO Saints and Sinners 2021 ran in the New Orleans area from Aug. 1 to Sept. 30 as part of two U.S. marshalsContinue Reading

HOLLAND — A local organization is hosting an event to raise awareness of the signs of human trafficking next week. Becky McDonald, founder and president of Women At Risk International, will discuss signs of human trafficking. The event was organized by Helen Zeerip, owner of Teddy’s Transport in Holland and founderContinue Reading

When I took my first client as a sex worker in the 1980s, I had no other choice. It was right after the fall of the dictatorship in Argentina. As a young trans woman, I found that sex work was the only way for me to survive, but I facedContinue Reading

Maryland man’s foundation aims to help Afghan girls avoid sex trafficking  WJLA Source linkContinue Reading

Jeffrey Epstein was allegedly ready to spill all about his friends Donald Trump and Bill Clinton to prosecutors in an attempt to avoid prison time. The bombshell revelations are included in Michael Wolff’s upcoming book, Too Famous: The Rich, the Powerful, the Wishful, the Damned, the Notorious. The author focusedContinue Reading

Advocates and officials are still arguing over sex trafficking and sex work legislation in the state assembly, the conversation being centered on how best to protect victims in a vicious industry that primarily affects Black and Brown girls in New York City. President of National Organization for Women (NOW) NewContinue Reading

The logo is a black snarling wolf, at times decorated in the American flag. The slogan is equal parts promise and threat: “The Wolf Pack is Coming for You.” That the imagery of Operation Wolf Eyes resembles military insignia is fitting. Andy Ledford, the organization’s founder, spent two decades inContinue Reading

For three years now, Ohio law enforcement agencies have teamed up to conduct human-trafficking stings. But this year’s effort turned out to be the largest in state history — Operation Ohio Knows. State Attorney General Dave Yost said 51 potential human-trafficking victims were helped, and 161 men wereContinue Reading