[ad_1] February 9, 2021 – SAN DIEGO, CA – Jonathan Madison of San Diego pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday morning to sex trafficking of children, admitting that he knowingly recruited, advertised, and solicited teenage girls and women to engage in commercial sex acts. Madison also admitted that heContinue Reading
[ad_1] The Department of Justice today commemorates the 10th annual National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and declares a continued commitment to combatting human trafficking in all its forms. The fight against human trafficking remains one of the department’s highest priorities, and the department will remain relentless in itsContinue Reading
[ad_1] The funding aims to support and to decrease the risks for individuals who are particularly vulnerable to sex trafficking and sexual exploitation, including young women. Anne-Marie Roy, director general of Alliance-Jeunesse Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, said that individuals willingly or unwillingly working in the sex industry can benefit from these supports moreContinue Reading
[ad_1] A TASMANIAN woman says she’s facing “excruciating” court delays after she was allegedly sexually assaulted as a homeless teenager during the 1990s. The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, says she was abused by a man now employed by the state government, falling pregnant to himContinue Reading
[ad_1] Calling her three years as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas “the privilege of a lifetime,” Erin Nealy Cox recently announced that she is resigning, effective Jan. 8, to make room for a new nominee from the incoming Biden administration. With typical grace and humility, Nealy CoxContinue Reading
[ad_1] Everyone loves a hero. The popular imagination of this hero is a sword-brandishing saviour who fights the villain, bleeds in war, and wears their scars as a badge of honour. And when the war is one against slavery and trafficking, rescued survivors are brandished as trophies, and the slave-rescuingContinue Reading
[ad_1] As has been the case all along in the war on human trafficking, and only more so under the current administration, a press release announcing victory with the passage of a new law or the unsealing of a criminal indictment will garner far more attention than how the lawContinue Reading
[ad_1] Some of the worst government-sanctioned human rights abuses committed against children are happening right here in the United States. Earlier this year, a child sex crime survivor in Ohio had her life sentence commuted by Gov. Mike DeWine. At the age of 15, Alexis was sentenced to life inContinue Reading
[ad_1] MONTREAL, Nov. 26, 2020 /CNW/ — On Wednesday, Canadian members of parliament and senators from four parties sent a strong open letter to Minister of Justice, Attorney General David Lametti asking for swift government action against Pornhub, and its Montreal-based parent company MindGeek, for hosting and profiting from mass sexualContinue Reading
[ad_1] Charges against Jeffery Epstein were announced on July 8, 2019 in New York City. Epstein will be charged with one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images News | Getty Images An internalContinue Reading