Human Trafficking Among Mexico's Lucrative Crimes

JUAREZ — After drug trafficking, human trafficking in México is the illicit activity that generates the most money for criminal groups, according to a high-ranked official of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

“It gives organized crime more revenue than human smuggling and gun trafficking,” said Mariana Alegret Cendejas, regional officer of International Cooperation of the UNODC, at a conference designed to prevent and combat human trafficking.

El Paso Texas reports: 

Over 40 Arrested in Tennessee’s ‘Most Significant Human Trafficking Operation to Date’

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Over 40 people were arrested last week in what is being called Tennessee’s “most significant human trafficking operation to date.”

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) announced the arrests on Friday, which were a part of “Operation Someone Like Me.”

“This week I learned that we are only scratching the surface,” TBI Director Mark Gwyn remarked during a press conference. “This is our most significant operation to date.”

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Report: Former Vandy Player Arrested In Connection With Human Trafficking

Former Vanderbilt wide receiver Rashad Canty was one of 41 individuals arrested by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation in connection with human trafficking, the Tennessean reported Friday.

However, Canty tweeted shortly after news of his arrest broke in what likely refers to the incident.

All a big misunderstanding

— Rashad Canty (@Stuntman_11) August 5, 2016

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41 Arrested In Tennessee Human-Trafficking Probe

Assistant Special Agent in Charge Margie Quin said during the news conference that they were overwhelmed and disturbed by the amount of responses the false ads received. Quin said that on the first day of the operation Tuesday afternoon, agents received more than 216 responses in just seven hours.

“Even with as many of these operations that we have conducted across the state, it’s still shocking that half of the men responding to these ads wanted to pay to have sex with a minor,” Quin said. “We’re working toward helping victims of trafficking and taking these predators off the streets.”

USA Today has more:

From The Publisher Human Trafficking Is Real And Happening Here In El Paso.

Posted: Monday, August 1, 2016 9:33 am | Updated: 9:39 am, Mon Aug 1, 2016.

By Secret Wherrett Associate Publisher | 0 comments 

 

Although El Paso is the safest city of its size in the United States, you might be surprised to learn that human trafficking is real and happening here.
Cynthia Horton is the interim director at the Paso del Norte Center of Hope, which works to protect victims of human trafficking and to lead anti-trafficking efforts in the region. The organization operates under the El Paso Center for Children.
I recently sat in on one of Horton’s presentations.

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Jury Deliberates Punishment In Human Trafficking Corpus Christi Case

Jury deliberation is currently underway in the Jovan Miles human trafficking case.

On Friday, Miles was found guilty of bringing a 15-year-old girl to Corpus Christi from Houston and forcing her to work as a sex slave. Houston Police found the teen runaway through an online ad offering herself for sexual services. undercover officers tracked her down to the Days Inn on SPID in 2015.

Tennessee suspect faces sex trafficking charges after missing 12-year-old girl found

A Nashville man is charged with human trafficking of a juvenile missing for a month.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents arrested 36-year-old Tavarie Anthony Williams on Saturday in Franklin after receiving a tip regarding the whereabouts of a 12-year-old girl reported missing from Texas a month ago.

The two were found at a hotel in Franklin where Williams held the girl against her will, according to the TBI. She is currently receiving care in state custody and will then return to Texas.

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