TakePart Staff
The anti-slavery organization Polaris Project has just released this year's rankings.
Read MoreBy Bob Mims - The Salt Lake Tribune
An 18-year-old Layton man was in Davis County Jail Tuesday, accused of forcing a 16-year-old runaway girl into prostitution.
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Spain's government says a joint investigation by Spanish and French police has busted a gang that allegedly was smuggling Chinese citizens into Europe and the United States.
Read MoreBy Hunter Stuart - The Huffington Post
Some of the children who were recovered in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's huge sex trafficking sting in late July could go to jail if available resources are insufficient to find safe housing for them.
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OHIO- It has been five years since Julie Hatfield has walked the streets of Columbus, forced to sell herself to strangers. But her criminal record has followed her.
Read MoreBy Francesca Garrett - The CNN Freedom Project
The girl on the news is wearing pink flip flops. An oversized plaid shirt hides a figure that has barely begun to develop. According to the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act, as a minor who has been forced to perform a sexual act for money she is a victim of sex trafficking.
Read MoreBy Jim Provance - www.toledoblade.com
Ohio will take advantage of $290,223 in federal funds to support an around-the-clock shelter in Toledo for runaway youths and to train those on the front lines of the battle against human trafficking in northwest Ohio.
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CLACKAMAS, Ore. - An on-duty Oregon State Police detective was caught Tuesday afternoon with a prostitute in a bush off SE Johnson Creek Boulevard, according to a state police spokesman.
Read MoreBy Carolyn Davis - philly.com
While other 7-year-olds were playing with dolls and going to summer camp, Amy was being prostituted on the streets of Texas, Virginia, and Oregon.
Read MoreBy Bryan Denson - The Oregonian
At least 469 children in the Portland area have been exploited in commercial sex trafficking during the last four years, half of whom have gang connections, some of Oregon's top public officials reported Monday.
Read MoreBy Bryan Denson - The Oregonian
Police and federal agents have long described the Portland metropolitan area as a major hub for the sexual exploitation of underage girls.
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