[ad_1] Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! The Keiki Caucus plans to push training to help teachers recognize sex trafficking, ban flavored tobacco products and expand public preschools, among other issues, during the 2023 legislative session. The caucus is made up of state legislators, community leaders andContinue Reading
[ad_1] January is Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month as well as National Stalking Awareness Month. WoMen’s Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc. (WRAP) has been and continues to serve victims of trafficking since 2020 as well as victims of domestic violence since 1994 in Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, and YellowContinue Reading
[ad_1] FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia — Making up roughly 5% of the world’s population, Indigenous people experience disproportionate impacts of poverty and injustice due to intense marginalization and lack of access to resources and protective services. Native communities and activists, in coordination with the federal government, are coming together to address theContinue Reading
[ad_1] President Biden on Friday signed a bill that will eliminate the statute of limitations for people who were sexually abused as minors to file civil claims. The Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act was passed by the House by voice vote on Tuesday after passingContinue Reading
[ad_1] Brenda Kross was arrested on a first-degree murder charge. She is the wife of John Eisenmen, who killed his daughter’s boyfriend after he allegedly trafficked her. Author: krem.com Published: 4:15 PM PDT September 16, 2022 Updated: 4:15 PM PDT September 16, 2022 Continue Reading
[ad_1] The Flagstaff police chief has been placed on administrative leave pending an independent investigation into how the department conducted an undercover operation in 2019 that targeted massage parlors, city officials confirmed Thursday. Dan Musselman has been the city’s police chief since late 2020 and first joined the department inContinue Reading
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[ad_1] Placeholder while article actions load Before she could join the gang, the girl said, she had to be beaten with a baseball bat and “have sex with I don’t know how many persons.” Testifying in federal district court in Alexandria, the girl, now 17, described how she ran awayContinue Reading
[ad_1] A federal magistrate judge in New Mexico sent a former Honolulu police officer accused of child sex trafficking and producing child pornography back to Hawaii today. During a four-minute long hearing in the Rio Grande courtroom in Albuquerque this morning, 31-year-old Mason Jordan, who allegedly committed the crimes whileContinue Reading
[ad_1] A 27-year-old Florida man was arrested in Broward County, Florida, on May 11, on sex trafficking charges. Vytal Dominique Cote was indicted May 4 by a Rutherford County Grand Jury on charges of trafficking for a commercial sex act, promoting prostitution and money laundering. Murfreesboro Police Department Special Investigations Division ViceContinue Reading