Lawyers build cases around these laws because the statutes are broad and use language that can encompass a variety of crimes, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2024, the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) opened 111 cases involving 181 victims in Wisconsin, with a majority ...

William Battle | United Nations Information Center, Washington D.C. Human trafficking is one of the most serious human rights violations of our time. It affects every country in the world—as a place ...

The federal government’s definition of human trafficking includes the use of force, fraud, or coercion. That’s particularly relevant if you’re talking to someone over 18. The thing about youth under ...

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 ...

Methuen has launched a human trafficking task force after the city directly or indirectly shut down nine massage parlors suspected as fronts for the crime, and the mayor urged other communities to do ...

Shelby County still ranks as the highest-risk county in Tennessee for human trafficking, despite broad state efforts to strengthen penalties for traffickers. The ranking comes from Engage Together, a ...

A bipartisan Michigan Senate bill package would strengthen penalties for human trafficking and allow the state to take away children from parents convicted of that crime. The provision around ...

In 2024, the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH) opened 111 cases involving 181 victims in Wisconsin, with a majority involving adult sex trafficking. Trafficking venues in the state range from ...