By Jackie Valley - www.lasvegassun.com
A Las Vegas man accused of forcing a 16-year-old girl from Utah into prostitution has pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking, Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced today.
Read MoreIn the news stories below, we illustrate local and global impact of human trafficking and the undeniable need to tackle these concerns through compassionate, collaborative action.
By Jackie Valley - www.lasvegassun.com
A Las Vegas man accused of forcing a 16-year-old girl from Utah into prostitution has pleaded guilty to one count of sex trafficking, Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced today.
Read MoreBy FoX 12 Staff - www.kptv.com
SALEM, OR - A Salem man who produced child pornography videos with his wife in their Salem home will spend 50 years behind bars.
Read MoreBy Jason Meisner - Chicago Tribune
He told her she was beautiful and had a future as a model.
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A Fayetteville man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release after his guilty plea to two counts of sex trafficking of children.
Read MoreBy Jenny Michael - www.bismarcktribune.com
Federal officials have charged 11 men with sex trafficking of children following a sting in western North Dakota.
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Statistics from the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline (2007 - 2012)
Read MoreBy Jonelle Merrill - www.kutv.com
Police in Nevada have arrested a man for trying to sexually exploit a Utah teen.
Read MoreBy Kent Masterson - The Oregon Herald
On Thursday Vancouver Police and the Neighborhood Response Team, arrested 15 men in a prostitution sting.
Read MoreBy Amy Pavuk - Orlando Sentinel
Federal authorities in Orlando said an Illinois man who had hundreds of images of child pornography contacted a boy through the Xbox Live gaming system to solicit him for a sexual relationship.
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A federal judge in Portland has sentenced a Tacoma, Wash., man to 25 years in prison for four counts of sex trafficking involving two teenage girls.
Read MoreBy Thomas Burr - The Salt Lake Tribune
Children sold for sex shouldn't be treated as criminals. That's the point of a congressional resolution Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is pushing as part of a concerted effort to reform welfare systems to protect and aid kids who fell out of the safety net and were trafficked for sex.
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