By Marcus Holliday - abc24.com
Memphis, TN - Shelby County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man for holding two teens against their will as prostitutes on backpage.com.
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 Marcus Holliday - abc24.com
Memphis, TN - Shelby County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man for holding two teens against their will as prostitutes on backpage.com.
Read MoreBy Joshua DuBoise - whitehouse.gov
Every year tens of millions of people around the world are victims of human trafficking.
Read MoreCBS Minnesota
Minneapolis (WCCO) - A 29-year-old Minneapolis woman faces sex trafficking and prostitution promotion charges after police found two Wisconsin runaway teens working as prostitutes in her home.
Read MoreBy Megan O'Neill - Los Angeles Times
A man's name is scrawled across Krystal Lopez's neck in black lettering like that of a centuries-old manuscript.
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Tacoma, Wash. - Three Washington state teenagers who say they were sold online for sex have sued the website Backpage.com, accusing the website's owners of enabling their exploitation.
Read MoreBy Heather Sells - CBN News
Recife, Brazil - Countries that host the Olympic Games typically look forward to the tourists and money the events bring. But there's also a dark side to that influx of visitors - the sexual exploitation of children by sports fans.
Read MoreBy Tom Kenny - ABC36 News
Marco Antonio Flores-Benitez, 38, was sentenced Tuesday to 15-years in prison after becoming the first person in Kentucky to be federally convicted of sex trafficking.
Read MoreBy Marcus Moore - WFFA.com
Fort Worth - A doctor at Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth says human trafficking is a serious problem - and that it is growing.
Read MoreBy Natalie Swaby - NWCN.com
Brianna will tell you the dramatic turn from an honor student and athlete to an adult enternainer started with an encounter near her small, home town of La Center, Washington.
Read MoreBy Grant Rodgers - DesMoinesRegister.com
Complaints about prostitution in Des Moines have decreased in recent years, but that doesn't mean it's not happening, police said.
Read MoreBy Rafael Romo - CNN
They were only 14 years old, cousins from a small town in central Mexico, when a fun trip to the local fair turned into a nightmare of drugs and forced prostitution.
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