Human trafficking

This article is an opinion column that argues Democrats who support abolishing ICE would be abandoning efforts to find and protect missing migrant children. It cites...

At a June 2026 press conference, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin accused the prior (Biden) administration of ignoring widespread reports of sexual abuse...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appointed Alessandra Serano as the Justice Department's national coordinator for human trafficking and child exploitation cases....

Sen. Josh Hawley (R‑Mo.) says the Department of Homeland Security currently has seven forensic analysts assigned nationwide to child exploitation investigations. A p...

Cambodia recently carried out large police raids and a government crackdown that shut down illicit online scam compounds that had operated in the country. Those oper...

Federal prosecutors announced a 30-count indictment unsealed June 11 charging 11 Venezuelan and Colombian nationals in a multi-state criminal case. The indictment al...

Pope Leo XIV visited the port of Arguineguín in the Canary Islands and met migrants and aid workers, condemning traffickers and indifference and calling for conversi...

The Justice Department unsealed an indictment in the Northern District of Ohio charging three people — named in reporting as Maritza Azucena Cahuec Coc, Carlos Cahue...

President Donald Trump signed legislation authored by Sen. Josh Hawley that directs $108.5 million toward child trafficking and exploitation enforcement and funds 20...

CBS News reports that, according to the NYPD, 89 people were arrested during the course of the World Cup for involvement in human-trafficking rings. The article head...

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that nine Venezuelan nationals pleaded guilty for roles in a family-run sex trafficking ring that recruited women in Venezue...

Janel Grant, who worked at WWE from June 2019 to 2022, filed a lawsuit alleging repeated physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault, and sexual trafficking by Vinc...