[ad_1] In the primarily rural Steuben and Chemung counties of New York’s Southern Tier, a sex trafficking enterprise allegedly operated in secret for five years. The names of two known community figures with starkly different backgrounds emerge at the center of this case; one Steuben County’s District Attorney says this isContinue Reading
[ad_1] Santa Clara County supervisors and community partners gathered on Monday to kick off the opening of Casitas de Esperanza at the Civic Center — a collection of tiny homes located outside of the old San Jose City Hall. The new tiny home site will provide temporary emergency housing toContinue Reading
[ad_1] A group aiming to reduce human trafficking through education has approached Wichita County for help in attaining funding. “You’ve seen the effect of this in the news recently,” Vicky Payne of Southern Grit Advocacy told county commissioners Monday. She was referring to a high-profile incident of suspected human traffickingContinue Reading
[ad_1] In a statement on Friday, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office announced the results of Operation Reclaim and Rebuild, a statewide effort to combat human trafficking. According to SBCSO, sting operations in the county led to the arrest of 12 sex buyers and one human trafficker. Five potential victimsContinue Reading
[ad_1] SAN LUIS OBISPO — On Jan. 26, Investigators from the San Luis Obispo County Counter Human Trafficking Team (which is comprised of an investigator from the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office and a detective and sergeant from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office), California Highway Patrol/Continue Reading
[ad_1] SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – Deputies with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office are searching for a possible human trafficker following an investigation that brought them in contact with a 15-year-old missing girl. Investigators from the San Luis Obispo County Counter Human Trafficking Team, members of CaliforniaContinue Reading
[ad_1] Authorities Thursday announced that 145 arrests were made in Los Angeles County during a recent statewide operation investigating human trafficking.Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some form of labor or commercial sex act. “Operation Reclaim and Rebuild” involved more than 100 federal, stateContinue Reading
[ad_1] SAN LUIS OBISPO — On Jan. 26, Investigators from the San Luis Obispo County Counter Human Trafficking Team (which is comprised of an investigator from the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office and a detective and sergeant from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office), California Highway Patrol/Continue Reading
[ad_1] February 2, 2021 Trevor Montgomery RIVERSIDE COUNTY— The Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT), along with law enforcement agencies throughout southwest Riverside County, announced today that this year’s Operation Reclaim and Rebuild, an annual multi-agency statewide initiative that focuses onContinue Reading
[ad_1] RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) – A Riverside County task force made dozens of arrests and rescued a couple of women in a human trafficking sting, authorities announced this week. The Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) arrested 64 people during “operation Reclaim & Rebuild”, a nearly week-long proactive enforcement operationContinue Reading