Human Trafficking & Exploitation

12+ hour, 32+ min ago   (244+ words) CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. - Eleven suspects face RICO and other charges for running a multi-state retail theft scheme, according to Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. A Chatham County grand jury returned an indictment on Wednesday charging all 11 suspects with violating the…...

18+ hour, 59+ min ago   (194+ words) A Bangor schools choir teacher has been accused of grooming a student in the district for sexual activity. Bangor Middle and High School choir teacher Paul Sadergaski has been placed on administrative... BANGOR, Wis. — A Bangor schools choir teacher…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (236+ words) OAKLAND — A man accused of trafficking a teen girl days after he was released from state prison for attempted pimping has been sentenced to six years and eight months behind bars, court records show, Jordan Townsend, 28, pleaded no contest to…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (215+ words) The owners and the manager of a Cupertino spa were accused of running a brothel, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said on Thursday. The DA’s Office said 46-year-old Ling Wang and 48-year-old Xian Wang of San Jose have…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (199+ words) Forty-one missing children were found in the Miami area during Operation Statewide Shield. Operation Statewide Shield, carried out by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, occurred from Aug. 17-21. It was the first statewide child recovery initiative and the largest operation…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (724+ words) A smuggling gang that forced 24 Thai women into prostitution after trafficking them into Britain has been jailed for a combined 23 years. Three men and a woman were convicted after an investigation into a string of brothels across London and Kent…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (158+ words) (Nairobi, Kenya) — Federal prosecutors at the Ministry of Justice have filed 31 criminal charges against six primary suspects involved in an alleged major transnational human trafficking syndicate, following an international police operation led by the Ethiopian Federal Police. The suspects, led…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (597+ words) DENVER – There’s much more to Colorado’s November statewide ballot than tax hikes and and candidates. Among more than a dozen other ballot measures, voters will decide how long a person should be locked up for sex trafficking of children — and…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (101+ words) WDEL A Newark man is behind bars after allegedly exposing himself to a child during an online tutoring session Rodney Little New Castle County Police New Castle County Police arrested Rodney Little, 59, on Wednesday after receiving video evidence showing him…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (269+ words) World Latvian Lutheran Church dismisses pastor Rolands Eimanis after new facts emerge in abuse case snapnetwork.org RIGA, LATVIA — The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad (LELBP) has decided to dismiss pastor Rolands Eimanis from his duties, following public allegations this…...