8+ hour, 35+ min ago   (32+ words) Yahoo An Omaha man convicted in a sex trafficking investigation will serve time in prison for felony pandering....

6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (264+ words) Disturbing details involving sex trafficking at homeless shelters in Billings have emerged following an announcement from Montana law enforcement. The case paints a dark picture of a criminal operation that preys on people during their most dire time of need....

8+ hour, 15+ min ago   (341+ words) A Beaufort man is the latest suspect to plead guilty in a sex trafficking case centered in Massachusetts involving beatings and threats to take away the victim’s child that prosecutors describe as cruel and predatory. Alexander Smalls, 27, conspired with co-defendant…...

4+ hour, 4+ min ago   (162+ words) An Omaha man convicted in a sex trafficking investigation will serve time behind bars. Douglas Johnson was sentenced to 5 to 10 years in prison for felony pandering. READ MORE: Prosecutors detail charges against four suspects accused in sex trafficking investigation He…...

8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (274+ words) Hennepin County prosecutors on Monday morning elaborated on charges filed against four people last week, including former Anoka County Assistant Attorney Andrea Sampson, for allegedly running a "sprawling" sex trafficking scheme over the course of several years. The four were…...

4+ hour, 24+ min ago   (273+ words) OKLAHOMA — The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics said a man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually trafficking a teenage girl. On July 13, a Rains County, Texas, jury trail was held for 49-year-old Cody D. Weathers following an investigation by…...

10+ hour, 20+ min ago   (292+ words) ROCKLAND, Maine — A Chinese national who is charged with running a prostitution operation in the city is set to go to trial next month. Justice Jeffrey Hjelm said jury selection is scheduled for Sept. 9 and the expected three-day trial would…...

12+ hour, 53+ min ago   (404+ words) Legis1 Federal Trafficking Data Gaps Persist Despite Efforts, CRS Says A recent Congressional Research Service report, updated Aug. 17, reveals the scale and scope of federal efforts against human trafficking, while exposing a critical gap in national measurement. The report shows that…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (459+ words) A former Anoka County attorney has been charged with 26 felony counts in connection with a sprawling sex trafficking ring involving three other people and at least 13 victims, authorities announced Monday. Andrea Leigh Sampson, 35, of Fridley, and the other three defendants…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (185+ words) A 33-year-old California man was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 210 months (17.5 years) in prison for six federal felonies related to his multi-state sex trafficking activity, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd announced in a news release. Brandon Denzel…...