From Austria comes the report of a scene all too familiar on the southern border of the United States, cranked up to a degree that would raise the eyebrows of even the most seasoned U.S. Border Patrol veterans. 86 Middle Eastern “migrants” were stuffed into a locked, windowless truck, blasting through 95-degree heat without ventilation for over twelve hours.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration says it is demanding answers from Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast (PPGC) in light of the fifth undercover video revealing the director of research for that affiliate discussing the sale of intact aborted babies.
Iran is not only the world’s leading state-sponsor of terrorism, its revolutionary Islamic government also leads the pack when it comes to trafficking boys and girls for sexual exploitation, the U.S. State Department has said in its 2015 “Trafficking in Persons Report.”
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) arrested eight alleged prostitutes in the Bryan/College Station area as part of an ongoing effort to combat human trafficking in Texas. The department’s goal is to find women who are being forced into sexual servitude and help them find a way out.
Police in California say they rescued a woman from Nicaragua who was allegedly tricked into illegally entering the US only to be imprisoned in a closet and sexually abused for a year.
Two aliens from Mexico and a Texas border man have been sentenced to more than 21 years in federal prison for their role in the kidnapping and ransoming at gunpoint of four illegal immigrants.
Syrians are the key actors in the human trafficking organizations that illegally smuggle migrants across the Aegean Sea, from Turkey into the European Union (EU), reports Hurriyet Daily News.
A multimillionaire couple has bought a boat and are using it to save thousands of desperate migrants crossing from Africa to Europe.
A man from Houston, Texas, will spend the next fourteen years in prison for his role in sex trafficking underage girls. The minor females were forced into prostitution and were photographed.
MSNBC breathlessly reports that Donald Trump’s sensible remarks about Mexico and the peasant class it dumps on American taxpayers is “already infamous,” meaning, Americans must accept the destruction of their country without protest.
Authorities in Enugu State, Nigeria, discovered a “baby factory” and have arrested owner Ikechukwu Onoh during the raid. The “factory” consisted of nine pregnant women waiting to give birth to children later sold to wealthy families.
In just one week British police have seized up to £2.5 million worth of heroin and over 175,000 pints of beer being smuggled in to Britain during a police crackdown on organised crime. The operation also resulted in the interception of £500,000 police believe
Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a ceremony to sign the toughest and most comprehensive border security plan of any state in the United States of America. The legislative package provides historic levels of funding to secure the border, establishes a Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit, strengthens penalties for human traffickers, increases funding for the border protection unit, and seeks reimbursement from the federal government for Texas funds spent on border issues.
An eight-year-old boy whose father allegedly attempted to smuggle him into Spain from Africa in a suitcase has been reunited with his mother, Spanish authorities say, in the Spanish territory of the Canary Islands. He will be allowed to stay for one year, despite entering the country illegally.
A military official from Qatar and his wife were indicted in San Antonio Wednesday, charged with two counts of engaging in forced labor.
Officers with the Corpus Christi Police Department and agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security raided five suspected illegal massage parlors. Arrests came after some neighboring businesses complained of girls watering the plants outside while wearing revealing lingerie. Eight women were arrested in the operation.
Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia have turned away boats laden with thousands of migrants headed for their shores. Officials from the two countries met the boats, handed over fuel and supplies and sent them on their way. As Europe wrangles over the
The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) held annually in Houston is a world event. The conference, held this year May 4th through the 7th, attracted hundreds of vendors and thousands of professionals in the oil and gas industry providing a huge economic impact on the city. Yet, there is a profound dark and vile underside to conference activities. Houston is also a major hub for human slavery and sex trafficking in the United States. For years, this intersection of business and widespread prostitution has provided a boon to sex traffickers in Houston every year. However, the difference this year is a coalition of anti-human trafficking organizations who have joined with city law enforcement and conference organizers to combat the widespread sex trafficking that usually occurs during this event.
ROME, Italy—As the number of illegal African migrants leaving from Libyan shores reaches biblical proportions, the coast guard in the Libyan port of Zuwarah finds itself distressingly unprepared, as it has just one old boat in its entire fleet.
Authorities have arrested one of the top 10 most wanted human traffickers. According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Paulino Ramirez-Granados has been on its most wanted list since 2010. He’s been charged in the Eastern District of New York with sex trafficking, money laundering and conspiracy to import aliens.
People in war-torn countries such as Libya and Syria are desperate to escape, including spending all their money to hitch a ride on unsafe boats across the Mediterranean. Over 400 people allegedly died when a boat capsized near Libya. VICE News posted some of the more dramatic photos, but there are more.
The European Union’s summit to deal with the Mediterranean refugee crisis is underway, and based on leaked documents, it appears a major component of the strategy will involve returning most migrants to their countries of origin.
Loretta Lynch is expected to be confirmed by a tight margin with much of the Republican caucus voting against her. Many have pointed to her support for executive amnesty as their reason for doing so.
Leading Senators say the Senate could move on a long-debated human trafficking bill and then take up Loretta Lynch’s nomination for Attorney General this week.
The stack of charges includes sex trafficking, harboring people illegally in the U.S., and money laundering. Deputy U.S. Attorney Reuben Perez says that Hortencia Medeles, 68, could receive life in prison without parole if found guilty on all charges. The charges relate to a human trafficking ring which took place in two Houston area nightclubs that served as brothels for underaged girls and other trafficking victims.
