Human trafficking

U.S. 10/28/20, 17:55

The new border fence built in San Diego in 2017 means that smugglers are forced to enter the United States by sea to traffic people and drugs, where federal security forces can intercept them. According to reports from Border Patrol agents, there has been a substantial increase in the number ...

U.S. 10/23/20, 15:09

President Donald Trump released the National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Persons, redoubling efforts to end the crime in the United States. Through this plan, President Trump doubled the Department of Justice's (DOJ) funds established by previous administrations to combat human trafficking and prioritizes funds to improve state prosecutions and ...

U.S. 10/21/20, 04:52

President Donald Trump's eldest son on Tuesday, Oct. 20, voiced frustration over a lack of media attention for administration efforts to combat human trafficking.  "This is a disgrace," Trump Jr. tweeted. "@realDonaldTrump is the first American Politician to address the scourge of human trafficking and fund it and no one has ...

U.S. 09/22/20, 13:34

The Department of Justice announced that it will provide $100 million to combat human trafficking in the United States. The announcement was made at a press conference on Sept. 22, attended by Ivanka Trump, U.S. Attorney General William Barr and former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow. As reported by Neon Nettle, to ...

U.S. 08/20/20, 15:37

In a speech at Yale on Wednesday, President Trump highlighted the Border Patrol work and the progress in the construction of the fence on the border with Mexico. He also focused much of his speech on attacking Joe Biden for proposing the most "radical, extreme, reckless, dangerous and deadly immigration ...

U.S. 08/04/20, 16:30

The Office for Victims of Crime is providing $35 million in Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Human Trafficking is being provided by the Office for Victims of Crime within the Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs to provide housing and services to human trafficking survivors. As The Associated Press noted, the grants will ...

U.S. 07/29/20, 16:52

Expert groups on sexual exploitation of women and children working against human trafficking said that amid the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Virus pandemic, cases related to this problem have increased. Polaris and International Justice Mission are two of the groups actively working for the liberation of 40 million people who are ...

U.S. 12/25/19, 17:54

The U.S. Border Patrol rescued 73 illegal aliens, including children, marked like cattle, from inside a truck on the U.S.-Mexico border. Men, women, and children were wearing white T-shirts marked with black letters, the way they are identified by human traffickers, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency ...

U.S. 09/21/19, 12:22

One hundred and four people involved in human trafficking and illegal sexual conduct with minors were arrested by police in the state of Ohio, the state Attorney General's Office reported Sept. 13. Among those arrested were Christian Gibson, 26, former youth director of Redeemer's Courtright Church in Columbus, and Austin Kosier, ...

World 06/24/19, 16:33

There are 25 million adults and children suffering from labor and sex trafficking all over the world, including in the United States, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released their annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TPR), showing that globally, traffickers are “robbing a staggering ...

U.S. 06/10/19, 17:28

Prosecutors in a case against the leader of Mexico-based megachurch La Luz del Mundo and two followers charged with child rape and human trafficking said they have "significant concerns" the church's followers could harass or intimidate victims and potential witnesses.Naasón Joaquín García, 50, and his co-defendants returned to Los Angeles ...

U.S. 06/07/19, 13:27

New lawyers for the leader of a Mexico-based megachurch charged with human trafficking and child rape say remarks by California's attorney general may have tainted a potential jury.Attorneys Ken Rosenfeld and Allen Sawyer say La Luz del Mundo leader Naasón Joaquín García and his family are paying their legal fees ...

U.S. 06/06/19, 21:27

The Latest on the arrest of the leader of Mexico-based megachurch La Luz del Mundo (all times local):7:25 p.m.Worshippers at an East Los Angeles affiliate of Mexico-based megachurch La Luz del Mundo say they believe their leader is innocent of child rape and human trafficking charges and decry comments made ...

U.S. 06/04/19, 23:54

The leader and self-proclaimed apostle of La Luz del Mundo, a Mexico-based church with branches in the U.S. that claims over 1 million followers, has been charged with human trafficking and child rape, California officials announced Tuesday.Joaquín García and a follower of the church, 24-year-old Susana Medina Oaxaca, were arrested ...

U.S. 05/26/19, 11:55

Laws cracking down on human trafficking are on the books in all 50 states, but convictions are notoriously elusive, and state prosecutors haven't come close to matching the success their federal counterparts have had in winning cases.States need to add resources into support trafficking victims, educate the public and train ...

World 05/22/19, 02:23

Police in western Germany are raiding premises linked to an Iraqi gang suspected of involvement in human trafficking, drug dealing, illegal arms trade and forging identity papers.Essen police said hundreds of police officers were involved in the raids that began early Wednesday in eleven cities in the western state of ...

America 05/16/19, 00:01

By day, Peruvian police and soldiers search for and destroy equipment used by illegal gold miners in a part of the Amazon rainforest where mining has transformed once-dense foliage into a desert pocked with dead trees and toxic pools. As night falls, they play cards and soccer, call family from ...

U.S. 04/26/19, 11:30

Yadvinder Bhamba will spend five years in prison after pleading guilty

Sports 04/23/19, 12:05

The Latest on the prostitution case against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft (all times local):1:05 p.m.A Florida judge has ordered that a video police say shows New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft paying for sex not be publicly released for now.In this March 26, 2019 photo, shows the front ...

Asia & Pacific 04/13/19, 21:30

A TV station ambush report reveals what it says are human traffickers caught in the act of arranging marriages between Chinese men and Pakistani women