By Anna Hartman - wmctv.com
Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the Mid-South. People are being sold as servants, laborers and sex slaves right in our own backyards.
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 Anna Hartman - wmctv.com
Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the Mid-South. People are being sold as servants, laborers and sex slaves right in our own backyards.
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Devon, PA - Two people from Oregon have been charged in a prostitution case in Chester County.
Read MoreBy Tom Adams - KVAL News
Corvallis, Ore. - She was 17, homeless and on the road - the start of the really bad times for Jennifer Unangst.
Read MoreBy Eric Stevick - Herald Writer
Everett - An Oregon man has been booked into the Snohomish County Jail after allegedly trying to force a woman into prostitution to pay off her brother's debt.
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Associated Press - Fox News
Forget videos of cute kittens or good deals on iPads. For the past few months, Google has been quietly turning its search capabilities to something far more challenging: criminals.
Read MoreBy Andres Gonzalez - Associated Press
Washington - Actress and activist Jada Pinkett Smith urged Congress on Tuesday to step up the fight against human trafficking in the U.S. and abroad.
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FRANKLIN, Neb. (AP) -- A 35-year-old Nebraska woman already accused of prostituting her 14-year-old and 7-year-old daughters has been charged with human trafficking and other felony counts.
Read MoreBy Regina Zilbermints - Des Moines Register
Des Moines police officers conducting an undercover sting discovered the prostitute they arrested was a missing 16-year-old from Oregon, authorities said.
Read MoreBy Justin Fenton - Baltimore Sun
A Baltimore firefighter has been charged with running an online prostitution ring and an unlicensed after-hours club in a city warehouse, less than two years after he received probation in Baltimore County in a similar sex trafficking case.
Read MoreBy John Asbury - The Press-Enterprise
A Los Angeles man who forced a 15-year-old Riverside girl to work as a prostitute and threatened to torture her if she didn't make enough money has been charged with human trafficking, police say.
Read MoreBy Erika Aguilar - www.scpr.org
For lack of a better name, Johns School is what it sounds like. Not a training facility for creating future johns, but the exact opposite.
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