SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - Police have
arrested a 20-year-old man after he allegedly participated in the
kidnapping of 19-year-old woman in San Francisco's Mission District last
week, police said Friday.
On April 8, around 1:30 a.m. a group of
suspects allegedly forced the victim into a vehicle near 20th and
Shotwell streets, according to police.
The suspects then took the
victim to Santa Clara County, where she managed to escape and contacted
authorities a short while later.
A Sacramento man was arrested on
charges of human trafficking in Ventura County last week after
investigators said he forced multiple victims – including minors from
the Sacramento area – to engage in prostitution.
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James Powell, 31, was arrested on
suspicion of human trafficking after an investigation into the
whereabouts of a missing Citrus Heights teen led detectives to the
discovery of several victims in the Camarillo area. Powell was booked
into the Ventura County jail and his bail was set at $510,000. Ventura County Sheriff's Department
Undercover operation to fight sex trafficking makes nearly dozen arrests near truck stop
An undercover operation to battle sex trafficking made nearly a dozen
arrests in Pierce County and discovered in a mere four hours seven women
who were victims of prostitution and three who were victims of human
trafficking, according to the State Patrol. (Photo: KOMO News)
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. -- An undercover operation in Washington State
to battle sex trafficking made nearly a dozen arrests and discovered in a
mere four hours seven women who were victims of prostitution and three
who were victims of human trafficking.
The Washington State Patrol
and Lakewood police launched "Operation Human Freight" on Wednesday
night in northern Pierce County near Interstate 5.
LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) — A New York man is accused of assault and profiting off three women engaging in prostitution in Maryland.
Anne
Arundel County police said in a release Monday that Vice Unit
detectives conducting a prostitution sting arrested 34-year-old Ondray
Lamar Pleasant on Feb. 22.
The detectives had made online contact
with two women, who told them come to a hotel room where they found
three women linked to prostitution activity. Pleasant was taken into
custody at a nearby business.
SAN DIEGO -- Twenty-nine would-be prostitution customers were
arrested in the San Diego area last week as part of a statewide
crackdown on sexual exploitation of young women and girls, District
Attorney Summer Stephan announced Tuesday.
The multi-agency effort, dubbed "Operation Reclaim and Rebuild," took
place over a three-day period, focusing on the demand side of human
trafficking.
Two D.C. men have been charged with human trafficking a juvenile female in Frederick, Maryland.
Abiathar
Abraham Vance was charged with seven counts of human trafficking and C was charged with four counts of human trafficking,
according to Frederick Police.
Investigators say the juvenile female was returned to her family.
The victim was found with Vance and Privado in the 400 block of South Jefferson Street.
A joint effort in Merced nabbed
two alleged human traffickers and seven alleged johns in a recent
prostitution sting, according to police.
Two Merced police units, the
Disruptive Area Response Team and Gang Violence Suppression Unit,
conducted undercover operations last Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
police said in a news release. It was part of a statewide effort against
human trafficking and prostitution.
BALTIMORE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removed a
Salvadoran man today wanted for human trafficking in his native country
after his arrest by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) personnel
assigned to ICE offices in Baltimore.
Oscar Arturo Alfaro-Romero, a
35-year-old alien fugitive with multiple prior removals, was arrested
by ICE May 10, 2017. He was processed as an alien previously removed,
and qualified for removal under reinstatement. ICE was subsequently
notified that Alfaro-Romero was wanted for crimes in El Salvador.
ICE
officers transported Alfaro-Romero to Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero
International Airport in El Salvador where he was turned over to local
law-enforcement authorities. ICE offices in El Salvador and its Security
Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) taskforce provided key
assistance to the Baltimore field office ahead of Alfaro-Romero’s arrest
and subsequent removal.
OGDEN, Utah – After pleading guilty to two counts of human
trafficking a piece, Lynnsie Reddish and Terrance Jones were sentenced
Monday to a 1-15 year prison sentence.
Reddish and Jones were arrested in July of 2017, and charged with 16
felony offenses stemming from a, “long-term sex trafficking operation
that ran out of their residence in Ogden City,” Utah Attorney General
Sean Reyes wrote.
A
sex trafficking victim from Houston is taking Backpage.com and several
well-known truck stops and hotel chains to court, claiming they profited
from her suffering.
The alleged victim, identified only as "Jane
Doe #1," is suing the classifieds website as well as Hyatt Hotels,
Love's Travel Stops and Pilot Travel Centers, among others, in the
lawsuit filed Tuesday afternoon.
According to the petition,
"Jane Doe #1" is an adult now, but in 2014, she was not even 16 years
old and forced into sex slavery. The lawsuit states she was advertised
on Backpage.com or trafficked at truck stops and hotels. The businesses
sold ads, gas, and hotel rooms and were aware, the lawsuit claims, of
what was really happening.
HONOLULU – An exonerated death row inmate from Delaware was ordered held without bail Wednesday on a sex trafficking charge in Hawaii.
Isaiah McCoy used force, threats and coercion on young
women to make them participate in prostitution, U.S. prosecutors
alleged. He needs to be locked up so other victims can safely come
forward, Assistant U.S. Attorney Morgan Early said at Wednesday's
detention hearing in Honolulu. He's a danger to the community and to
witnesses, she said.
"The nature of the charge involves threats, it involves violence," she said.
LANSING, Mich. - A Lansing woman was convicted Friday for running a sex-trafficking ring that included minors.
Amber Speed, 40, was found guilty by a jury
of one felony count of conducting a criminal enterprise for running a
sex-trafficking ring composed of minors.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) — A Kennedy High School soccer coach, who
also worked as a ride-share driver, was arrested in connection with
human trafficking of teen girls, Sacramento County sheriff's officials
said Friday.
Elan Daniel Seagraves, 34, of Sacramento, was taken into
custody Christmas morning on charges related to human trafficking and
pimping of a minor, investigators said.
A 17-year-old girl called 911 just before 3 a.m. Monday,
telling that she was a victim of sexual assault and was being forced
into human trafficking, the sheriff's department said.
Las Vegas man was sentenced Monday to eight years in state prison
after pleading guilty to pimping a 16-year-old Utah girl in Costa Mesa.
Brandon Antwan Hunter,
31, appeared in Orange County Superior Court on Monday for a scheduled
preliminary hearing but instead pleaded guilty to charges of human
trafficking of a minor, pimping a minor, pandering a minor and unlawful
sexual intercourse, all felonies, according to court records.
Hunter,
who identified himself in jail records as a producer, will be required
to register as a sex offender, according to prosecutors.
Lexington, SC (WLTX) - Two sixteen-year-old girls were rescued by the
Town of Lexington Police after being discovered during a sex-traffic
bust at a motel.
Officials say the sting took place at a local
hotel on November 21, with officers from the Lexington County
Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team task force posing as “Johns”
answering ads online.
Officers say Twenty-Nine-year-old Donnell
Woodard and Twenty-Three-year-old India Cuyler are being charged with
Sex Trafficking of a Minor.
Oshkosh - The Oshkosh Police Department announced today the arrest of 8
men as they conducted a human trafficking investigation yesterday,
focusing on persons who are willing to pay for sexual contact.
ANAHEIM, CA — A 25-year-old Granada Hills resident and hip-hop music
producer known as "Ramsay Tha Great" was sentenced to 10 years in prison
for pimping four women in Orange County.
Brandon Christopher
Ramsay pleaded guilty Tuesday to four counts of pimping and pandering,
and one count each of human trafficking and assault with a firear — all
felonies.
he FBI announced 84 underage victims and 120
traffickers were arrested from Oct. 12-15 as part of the annual human
trafficking sting Operation Cross County XI.
The average age of the victims was 15 years old and the youngest was a three-month-old infant.
“Unfortunately, the number of traffickers arrested—and
the number of children recovered—reinforces why we need to continue to
do this important work,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a
statement.
One of the most egregious cases involved a
three-month-old girl and her 5-year-old sister. A friend who was staying
with the family offered to sell them both for sex to an undercover
agent from FBI’s Denver office for $600.
Federal authorities detained a third Toledo pastor charged with sex
trafficking of a juvenile one day after the man took to social media to
profess apologies, affirm a desire to please God, and a pledge to resist
people who want to “tear” him down.
Agents arrested the Rev. Kenneth Butler, 37, of Kingdom Encounter
Family Worship Center, without incident Wednesday evening. A spokesman
for the U.S. Attorney's Office said Mr. Butler’s case is connected to
the previous arrests of the Revs. Cordell Jenkins and Anthony Haynes.
In an affidavit filed in federal court
Thursday, an FBI agent stated a victim told investigators she met Mr.
Butler at Mr. Haynes' church when she was 15, and the two of them had
sex when she was 16 on at least two occasions.
