By Douglas Kennedy - FoxNews.com
"I was constantly at risk of rape or murder," says Leah Albright-Byrd while walking in a public park near Century City in Los Angeles. "I have a friend who was killed as a result of being exploited."
Read MoreBy Elizabeth Hovde - The Oregonian
The YouTube videos in which LaShawn McIntyre Jr. plays a digusting role -- himself -- won't be used in his promoting prostitution trial. McIntyre is accused of forcing a 16-year-old runaway to work for him as a prostitute and is charged with a number of felony sex offenses.
Read MoreBy NBC News Staff
An Oregon couple were arrested and their two children were rescued after a nationwide search for a "Jane Doe" suspected of child pornography, federal and state officials said Wednesday.
Read MoreBy David Ibata - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A former Atlanta go-go dancer was sentenced Wednesday to 80 years in prison and the rest of his life on probation after his conviction in Douglas County for trafficking in victims as young as 15 years old for prostitution, authorities said.
Read MoreBy Aimee Green - The Oregonian
Who knows what 26-year-old LaShawn McIntyre Jr. was thinking when he danced in front of a car and partied on a yacht in the filming of two rap videos, one of them titled "Pimp'n (All I Know)."
Read MoreBy Elisabeth Parker - Times Staff Writer
The girl was 15, skinny with blond hair and greyish blue eyes, when she made a Myspace page. She was home alone in Clearwater, missing her dad who was in the hospital, she wrote.
Read MoreBy Rick Daysog - Hawaii News Now
A 17-year-old victim of sex trafficking tells a chilling tale of beatings and abuse by her pimp, but, like many women forced to sell their bodies, "Dee Dee" said she was reluctant to seek medical attention out of fear of further beatings or being arrested by the police.
Read MoreBy Alexandra Cowley - www.abc6.com
Four women were held against their will in a Providence apartment for months, victims of human trafficking.
Read MoreBy Cimaron Neugebauer - The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City agent creates software used worldwide to catch sexual predators more quickly.
Read MoreBy Cathy Brownfield - salemnews.net
Lisbon - We want to believe that everyone goes to sleep in a comfortable bed under a secure roof with enough to eat everyday.
Read MoreBy Greg Moran - UT San Diego News
San Diego - Six years ago, prosecutors in the San Diego federal courts filed fewer than a dozen cases involving child sex trafficking and pornography.
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