After California parents and teachers requested police investigate a controversial LGBT advocacy group and its affiliated online chatrooms that they claim put at-risk youth in even greater peril and make them easy prey for potential sexual predators, at least one law enforcement agency looked into the allegations. Celeste Fiehler, a parent in Coachella Valley, Calif.,…
Police Investigated LGBT Chatrooms Open to Minors After Receiving Complaints
2 Illegal Aliens Dead, 12 Injured in Human Trafficking Accident in Texas
A pickup truck crash in Brooks County, Texas, has left two illegal immigrants dead and another 12 injured, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). The accident took place at about 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 16 when a Brooks County Sheriff’s Deputy tried to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. The driver…
Public Safety Officials Interdict Human Smuggling Attempt at Texas Airport
Officials from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) have busted a human smuggling operation that was underway at an airport located in McAllen, a border city. “WESLACO–A @TxDPS Special Agent & Pilot stopped a human smuggling attempt at McCreery Aviation Co. in McAllen, TX. 19 illegal immigrants (12m/7f) from Central America were being smuggled…
21 Arrested in Child Sex Trafficking Operation in Arizona
Local and federal law enforcement recently rounded up 21 suspects in Arizona who solicited and/or brokered deals for various sex acts with children. The “children” were undercover detectives who “placed ads on websites commonly sought out by suspects seeking illegal sex acts,” according to the Surprise Police Department, located in Maricopa County, Arizona. “Operations of…
FBI ‘Overstates’ Domestic Violent Extremism Threat, Removes Agents From Child Abuse Cases: New Whistleblower
A new whistleblower has alleged the FBI is “manipulating” case files to make it seem like America has a bigger “domestic violent extremism” (DVE) problem than it does, while redirecting resources away from child sexual abuse investigations to prioritize Jan. 6 cases, according to Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). The new whistleblower’s disclosures, Jordan said,…
Judge Orders Iowa Teen to Pay $150,000 to Family of Alleged Rapist She Killed
An Iowa judge ruled on Tuesday that a teenage human trafficking victim must serve five years of closely supervised probation and pay $150,000 in restitution to the family of her accused rapist, whom she stabbed to death. Pieper Lewis was a 15-year-old runaway seeking to escape an abusive life with her stepmother when she killed her…
Teen Who Killed Her Alleged Rapist Sentenced to Probation, Must Pay $150,000 Restitution to Man’s Family
A 17-year-old victim of sex trafficking who killed a man she accused of raping her received a deferred prison sentence on Tuesday and was ordered by an Iowa court to pay restitution to the dead man’s family. When Pieper Lewis was 15, she stabbed 37-year-old Zachary Brooks more than 30 times in a Des Moines, Iowa, apartment….
Central Florida Human Trafficking Sting Operation, Sheriff’s Office Arrest Disney Employee and School Teachers
Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested 160 people—including a police officer, a Disney employee, and school teachers—throughout central Florida as part of a seven-day multi-agency undercover prostitution investigation that began on Aug. 30, 2022. “The online prostitution industry enables traffickers and allows for the continued victimization of those who are being trafficked,” said Sheriff Grady Judd…
Polk County Prostitution Sting Nets Georgia Deputy Police Chief
PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—A Georgia deputy police chief attending a polygraph training workshop in Orlando landed behind bars after Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he was caught in a prostitution sting on Sept. 1. According to a Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, Jason DiPrima, 49 of Kingston, Georgia, was arrested on Sept. 1 for…
Cyberscam Victim Says CCP Belt and Road Developers Are International Human Trafficking Syndicates Based in Cambodia
After the recent exposure of international fraud and human trafficking that victimized thousands of Chinese-speaking nationals from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, details about the fraud syndicates are surfacing as more rescued victims speak up. Much information has pointed to the Communist regime’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) developers based in Cambodia as the main…
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