Human trafficking remains one of the most complex criminal threats facing modern law enforcement and homeland security ...

Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to exploit individuals for labor or commercial sex. Victims can be any age, race, gender, or nationality. According to the North Dakota ...

San Diego County is one of the leading areas for sex trafficking in the country, according to local studies, but a conference Thursday aimed to shine a spotlight on other, lesser-known aspects of ...

Crystal was newly 21. Her life was about to change forever. Her situation was unremarkable — what you might expect in America’s heartland. Awkward, insecure and lonely, she met a man online who said ...

3 Strands, a global foundation based in the Sacramento area, is focused on preventing human trafficking by providing ...

A large number of missed school days, an older boyfriend, sudden possession of expensive clothes or items, a second cell phone or a new “modeling” job – all of these could be clues that a teen is ...

The National Human Trafficking Hotline has identified 2,306 human trafficking cases across Arizona since 2007, with 5,186 victims involved, showing this crisis affects communities statewide, including ...

Salt Lake City International Airport holds training to help prevent human trafficking. If people are trafficked across state lines, it becomes a federal crime. (Courtesy of Salt Lake International ...

In new research published today, crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis found that crypto-funded transactions for human trafficking—largely forced laborers trapped in compounds across Southeast Asia and ...

A week-long statewide crackdown on human trafficking resulted in more than 600 arrests and the rescue of 170 people, including children as young as 13, according to the Los Angeles Regional Human ...

Methuen city officials are intensifying a crackdown on human trafficking following the closure of nearly a dozen local spas.