Category: Sex Trafficking

Dancers, Doormen, Valets and Bartenders from Six Chicago Strip Clubs Join Feds in Fighting Human Trafficking

April 18, 2014

By Annie Sweeney, Tribune reporter, on April 5, 2014— “It was a standard hotel conference room scene — slices of fresh fruit and muffins laid out next to coffee urns and bottles of water chilling on ice as the attendees straggled in, industry friends hugging hello and quickly catching up on personal lives. The west … More Dancers, Doormen, Valets and Bartenders from Six Chicago Strip Clubs Join Feds in Fighting Human Trafficking

HOUSTON: Four Charged with Sex Trafficking of Minors

April 16, 2014

By YNN on March 12, 2014— “Emanuel Dandre Wade, 24, has been indicted along with Charmaine Henderson, 25, Ashley Shawntal Williams, 21, and Darquesha Perry, 26, for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Henderson and Wade are also charged with one and five counts of sex trafficking of … More HOUSTON: Four Charged with Sex Trafficking of Minors

Sex Trafficking Survivor to Speak at Women’s Seder

April 7, 2014

Sex trafficking survivor Katariina “Kat” Rosenblatt will be the keynote speaker at “The Sweet Road to Freedom: A Jewish Women’s Chocolate Seder Raising Awareness about Slavery and Human Trafficking” at Temple Beth El of Boca Raton on April 9. (Submitted photo / March 31, 2014) By Randall P. Lieberman for Jewish Journal on March 31, 2014— “Sex trafficking survivor Katariina … More Sex Trafficking Survivor to Speak at Women’s Seder

DETROIT: Sex Trafficking Kingpin Gets 14-40 Years Behind Bars

April 5, 2014

On March 5, 2014 by CBS Detroit— James Coleman (Police Handout) A 51-year-old Detroit man who was convicted of running a sex trafficking ring in Southfield and surrounding areas could end up spending the next 40 years behind bars. James Coleman was sentenced Monday after an Oakland County Circuit Court jury found him guilty of multiple … More DETROIT: Sex Trafficking Kingpin Gets 14-40 Years Behind Bars

THAILAND: Suspected Uighurs Rescued from Thai Trafficking Camp

March 18, 2014

View gallery: Suspected Uighurs from China’s troubled far-western region of Xinjiang, sit inside a temporary shelter … By Andrew R.C. Marshall for Reuters on March 14, 2014— “Police rescued about 200 people believed to be Muslim Uighurs from a human smuggling camp in southern Thailand, police sources said on Friday, in the latest crackdown on a … More THAILAND: Suspected Uighurs Rescued from Thai Trafficking Camp

TOKYO: Japan Won’t Alter Apology to World War II Sex Slaves

March 17, 2014

By Martin Fackler for The New York Times on March 10, 2014— “Japan will not revise a landmark apology to women forced to work in military brothels during World War II even as it moves ahead with a review of the testimony used to create that apology, a spokesman for the Japanese government said Monday. … More TOKYO: Japan Won’t Alter Apology to World War II Sex Slaves

ONTARIO: York Region Human Trafficking Investigation Arrests Ten in Sex Trade Case Involving Girls as Young as 14

March 16, 2014

By Jake Kigar for The National Post on February 19, 2014— “York Regional Police have charged 10 men with more than 95 criminal offences after a two-month sexual exploitation and human trafficking investigation involving girls as young as 14. Det.-Sgt. Peter Casey said investigations identified 31 girls working in the sex trade, with almost 30% … More ONTARIO: York Region Human Trafficking Investigation Arrests Ten in Sex Trade Case Involving Girls as Young as 14

Guatemalan Authorities Rescue 3 Girls from Sex Traffickers

March 16, 2014

Posted on Latino Daily News on February 28, 2014— “Security forces rescued three Guatemalan girls who were about to be taken into Mexico by sex traffickers, authorities said Thursday. The girls were freed on Wednesday in the southwestern province of San Marcos, which borders on Mexico, police spokesman Pablo Castillo told reporters. The girls, about … More Guatemalan Authorities Rescue 3 Girls from Sex Traffickers

MASSACHUSETTS Woman Charged with Human Trafficking of Children; ‘John’ Charged with Rape of a Child

March 14, 2014

By Jacqueline Tempera for The Globe on March 7, 2014— “Two Fall River residents have been indicted for their alleged participation in a human trafficking scheme, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. Olivia “Missy” Lara, 38, was indicted by a Bristol County grand jury Thursday on three counts of trafficking in persons under the age … More MASSACHUSETTS Woman Charged with Human Trafficking of Children; ‘John’ Charged with Rape of a Child

SACRAMENTO: Human Trafficking Brings Easy Money, Hard Lives For Teenage Girls

March 8, 2014

By Ron Jones for CBS13 on February 25, 2014— “Federal investigators say Sacramento is a gateway for human trafficking, and they say victims and their peddlers at are the proof. CBS13’s Ron Jones is getting answers and giving us a look at how Sacramento came to earn a No. 2 national ranking in human trafficking … More SACRAMENTO: Human Trafficking Brings Easy Money, Hard Lives For Teenage Girls