After a three week operation involving multiple agencies, law enforcement officers managed to locate and recover 70 missing children, most of them in West Texas, according to a May 25 news release by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The missing children and teens, many of whom were runaways, ranged in age from 10 to 17…
70 Children Rescued From Sex Traffickers in Multi-state Operation
May 31, 2022
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Project Moon Woman: Officer With Alberta’s Blood Tribe Fights Human Trafficking
It took a few years on the job for Const. Jennaye Norris to realize the Blood Tribe in southern Alberta has a human trafficking problem. Norris, 29, has been with the Blood Tribe Police Service for almost nine years. The sprawling First Nation, also known as Kainai Nation, is the largest in size in Canada….
US Sanctions ISIS Financial Facilitators Accused of Child Trafficking
May 10, 2022
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The United States on Monday sanctioned a network of five ISIS financial facilitators accused of assisting the terrorist group in the smuggling of children out of displaced person camps for recruitment as fighters. In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department said the five individuals—Dwi Dahlia Susanti, Rudi Heryadi, Ari Kardian, Muhammad Dandi Adhiguna, and Dini…
Texas Border Agents Discover 40 Illegal Immigrants Packed Inside Metal Box
April 28, 2022
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Agents from the Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol in Texas recently disrupted multiple human smuggling events, including one in which several migrants were transported in a metal box. On April 26, the Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint agents inspected a truck pulling a flatbed trailer carrying several large metal boxes. On one of the boxes,…
Tennessee Man Recognizes Woman’s Hand Signals in Gas Station to Alert Alleged Kidnapping
April 15, 2022
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For Eric Streeval, a tranquil motorcycle ride in Hickman County, Tennessee, on a clear Sunday afternoon turned into a tense rescue operation after he witnessed a woman in a convenience store hand-signaling for help. Streeval had stepped into the Twice Daily Gas Station to grab a drink on April 10 “a little after 1 p.m.,”…
Smugglers Hiring American Teens To Drive Illegal Migrants From Mexico Border
April 13, 2022
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Human smugglers are hiring American teens to transport illegal migrants from the Mexican border into the United States, enticing them with fast cash and promising safety from legal consequences. Teenage drivers can earn hundreds of dollars per migrant they transport from the Mexican border according to a report by Reuters. A growing number of teenagers…
16 Missing Children Recovered in Operation, Sex Trafficking Allegations Uncovered
April 12, 2022
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A three-month operation has seen 16 missing and endangered children rescued or recovered, and five individuals arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in the New Orleans, Louisiana metro area. The agency’s operation “Fresh Start” was conducted by the U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana New Orleans Task Force’s Missing Child Unit (MCU) from Jan….
Gascón Launches Diversion Program to Decriminalize Some Human Trafficking Victims
March 31, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón unveiled on March 31 a diversion program in which a judge can dismiss and vacate the arrests, convictions, and probation violations of human trafficking victims in misdemeanor or non-serious, non-violent felony cases. The county’s first Human Trafficking Diversion Court program will be first launched at the Pomona courthouse,…
21 Arrested, Three Rescued in Utah Human Trafficking Operation: Sheriff
Utah officials have arrested 21 individuals and rescued three victims as part of its Human Trafficking Rescue Operation conducted in February, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office (UCSO) announced. The operation was conducted in partnership with Lehi, Provo, Orem, Springville, Pleasant Grove, Lindon, and Unified Police Departments, Federal Homeland Security Investigations, and the Utah Attorney General’s Office, the…
4 Disney Employees Among 108 Arrested in Undercover Sting Targeting Traffickers, Sex Predators
An operation by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office that focused on human trafficking, prostitution, and child predators, resulted in the arrest of 108 people, among them four Disney employees and a county judge. The six-day undercover operation, called “Operation March Sadness 2,” started on March 8. According to a release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, detectives…
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