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04/25/2024 HT News Bulletin

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We monitor and fact-check media coverage of human trafficking and share the top cases with you from each week. A broad view of what is happening across the country can be translated into action, allowing us to collectively change the system and the public narrative. 

Alabama Evidence 23-year-old woman arrested for sex trafficking an 18-year-old girl with an additional potential victim recovered at arrest
California Bakersfield man arrested for sex trafficking and lewd acts with victims under 16 and under 10 years of age
Florida Man arrested for sex trafficking women out of his home, preying on substance abuse as form of control. 
Florida Woman arrested for human trafficking and sexual battery of nonverbal special needs child
Florida Two people (trafficker and potential bottom) arrested in Palm Beach for human trafficking activity in Freeport, FL.
Florida Undercover operation at downtown Miami hotel resulted in a victim rescue and trafficker arrest
Georgia Trafficker arrested in Fulton County when his victim was identified in a large-scale, national identity theft and fraud investigation.
Georgia Man arrested for sex trafficking after grooming a child online.
Georgia 37-year-old woman arrested for sex trafficking one juvenile and one adult victim
Indiana 64-year-old Ohio man arrested for child sex trafficking and related charges in Indiana.
Massachusetts Man charged with sex trafficking 3 women and transporting one of them to another state to engage in prostitution
Nebraska 23-year-old man arrested for sex trafficking and possession of child sexual abuse material after grooming 3 juvenile girls 
New York Man and woman arrested for sex trafficking two female victims and the repeated sexual abuse of a 13-year-old-girl
Ohio Device search of Pittsburg man arrested in a human trafficking investigation in Ohio exposes hundreds of images/videos of child sexual abuse material
Oklahoma 32-year-old man arrested for human trafficking and soliciting sexual conduct with a minor he met on social media
Texas Evidence 3 Wisconsin residents were traveling with a child to mask their drug smuggling operation arrested in Nacogdoches on human trafficking charges
Texas Klein ISD school teacher and her son arrested after she helped recruit students for prostitution, praying on troubled teens and recent runaways


California Lawsuit against L.A.-area poultry company alleges at least two minors had been working in oppressive conditions, performing risky jobs at processing plant
Illinois 3 brothers convicted of kidnapping and forced labor, after luring two minors and one adult victim from Guatemala to The US on false promises and exploiting years of labor
Ohio Co-leader of large-scale narcotics & human trafficking ring admits to labor trafficking men to work for drug organization, using drugs as a control method
Texas Two men are behind bars, accused of running a labor trafficking operation disguised as a trucking company


Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force serves warrants on two Lakewood massage parlors suspected of prostitution, living quarters found inside of one
Texas Plano massage parlor under investigation for alleged sex crimes is now closed
Texas City of Plano filed petition for pre-suit discovery in a Collin County District Court to investigate claims against massage parlor with charges of prostitution. The city is taking a civil suit approach to address sex trafficking at massage spas. Plano PD Info Officer comments that “[Enforcement] is not making a dent in anything. [Massage parlors] are paying the fine & moving on.”
Utah Salt Lake man arrested after police say he had been facilitating prostitution through a South Jordan massage parlor business


Connecticut Search warrant at a Thomaston Spa results in one man’s arrest for promoting prostitution and 3 potential victim arrests
Kentucky Two employees arrested on prostitution-related charges at Bowling Green massage parlor 
Massachusetts Potential victims among those arrested in prostitution investigation
Michigan Three arrested and evidence seized by police at Rochester massage parlor 
North Carolina 3 potential victims arrested in ongoing investigation into two spa’s that police are calling a “prostitution criminal enterprise”
Texas Massage parlor employee arrested and charged with prostitution in undercover operation


California Moorpark man sentenced to more than 11 years for soliciting sexually explicit photos from a person he believed was a 14-year-old girl on social media
Connecticut Guilford man sentenced to 26 years in prison for coercing and threatening children to produce sexually abuse material
Florida Federal judge sentenced a woman and a man who pleaded guilty to sex trafficking two teenage girls at a motel to nine-plus years in prison
Massachusetts Bronx man sentenced to 24 years in prison for sexually exploiting a 12yo girl he met on social media
Massachusetts 35-year-old man pleads guilty to sex trafficking a minor and luring multiple women with false promises to travel across state lines to engage in prostitution
Massachusetts Man sentenced to 15 yrs in prison for attempting to purchase sex with a minor and possessing child sexual abuse material
Michigan Grand Rapids man sentenced to 26 years after using online ads to sexually exploit underage girl for weeks
Minnesota Man involved in running sex trafficking operation out of apartment unit  receives stayed prison sentence
Missouri Judge sentences a registered sex offender to 40 years in prison for soliciting sex from two minor victims via social media
New York Brooklyn pimp, nicknamed “Sugar Bear,” sentenced to life in prison for brutally murdering one woman and sex trafficking 8 women over two decades
Pennsylvania Delaware County man pled guilty after being caught using online sex ads to sexually exploit an 18-year-old female victim he met on a dating website
Texas Lubbock man gets 20-year sentence after admitting to grooming and sexually abusing minor victim he and co-defendants sex trafficked
Texas Man pleads guilty to trafficking and prostitution charges after he coerced at least two women into prostitution for his financial benefit
Texas Houston man sentenced to 292 months for recruiting and coercing young girls into prostitution around known red light area and coaching others on pimping
Wisconsin Man sentenced 20 years, used violence and manipulation to coerce a woman into online commercial sex acts and sex trafficked a female minor for months


California 14 men arrested for solicitation of prostitution as part of sting in Perris, plus minor booked on a suspicion of pimping
California Major sting conducted last month by the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force, resulted in 7 children rescued and 46 arrests in connection to human sex trafficking
Illinois 5 buyers arrested in undercover operation, all charged with indecent solicitation of a child
Nevada 6 men arrested in Stateline, during an operation targeting human trafficking 
Pennsylvania 6 men arrested in operation targeting sex buyers in Cumberland County
Texas Dallas Police arrests 60 men for soliciting prostitution in March
Texas Undercover trafficking sting nets 17 buyer arrests – all but one bonded out
Texas 2 individuals arrested in undercover sting, accused of grooming desperate minors into prostitution and sexually assaulting them
Virginia man arrested and charged with offering a minor under 16yo money to engage in prostitution


International Filipino pastor wanted in the USA for child sex trafficking has demanded a guarantee of no extradition in exchange for his surrender to authorities in the Philippines, where he faces other chargesGhislaine Maxwell Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Sex Trafficking a 14-Year-Old



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