By Heather Crawford - www.firstcoastnews.com
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Human sex trafficking is a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States according to the Department of Justice, and it's happening right here on the First Coast.
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BEAVERTON, Ore. - A missing Bakersfield teen has been found in a suburb of Portland, Ore., as part of an alleged sex-trafficking ring.
Read MoreBy Associated Press - sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
Three Northern California men are facing charges in what prosecutors say was a brutal sex trafficking ring in which women were raped and beaten and one was branded with a clothes iron.
Read MoreBy Jennifer Weigel - www.wlky.com
Louisville, KY - The owner of a Louisville Chinese restaurant faces human trafficking charges after an investigation into treatment of the workers at the Golden Palace Buffet.
Read MoreBy Victoria Cavaliere - news.yahoo.com
Two police officers, a Little League coach, and a mother were among 71 people arrested across the New York City-area in the largest-ever roundup of people who share child pornography online, federal and local law enforcement said Wednesday.
Read MoreBy Yvonne Williams - www.prlog.org
With Demand Reduction the focus on the 3rd day of the 4th National Human Trafficking Conference, two of the nation's largest employers, the Department of Defense and the American Trucking Industry will educate this year's audience of 300+ guests.
Read MoreBy Karen Lehr - www.jrn.com
The Idaho Department of Education is partnering with detectives in the Boise Police Department's Gang Unit to provide training materials to teachers, counselors and principals about human trafficking.
Read MoreBy D.L. Chandler - newsone.com
Twin brothers Tyrelle and Myrelle Lockett were the masterminds of a sex trafficking and prostitution ring in Chicago, using social media and smartphones to lure teenage girls into their insidious business.
Read MoreBy Henry Rosoff - kirotv.com
SEATTLE - There is a new form of chlild abuse that connects predators to kids thousands of miles away.
Read MoreBy Emily E. Smith - www.oregonlive.com
Washington County jurors convicted 59-year-old Ronald Leistiko Thursday of raping two women he met through Craigslist ads.
Read Moreby Rachel Stine, www.thecoastnews.com
A new element to the age old crime has made sex trafficking carried out in San Diego County more sophisticated, more widespread, and more mobile.
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