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Experts warn of youngsters in sex trade
Escape and help hard to find
Updated: Wednesday, 15 Apr 2009, 12:21 AM MDT
Published : Tuesday, 14 Apr 2009, 1:49 PM MDT
ALBUQUERQUE - Children and young adults forced into prostitution find it difficult to get help and get out, a victim of the sex trade told KRQE News 13 Tuesday.
“I really relate to what the victims go through because I was trafficked when I was 14 and taken and forced into prostitution,” Tina Frundt said in an interview.
For more, go to: http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/crime/crime_krqe_albuquerque_experts_target_youngsters_in_sex_trade_2009041420400
Putting An End To Human Trafficking
By KSFY Staff
Story Created: Mar 11, 2009 at 6:46 PM CDT
Story Updated: Mar 11, 2009 at 6:46 PM CDT
This week a woman involved in Iowa's first human trafficking case pleaded guilty to helping lure underage runaway girls into prostitution in Omaha and Sioux City.
Action News reporter Valerie Gutierrez explains why its not a shock to those who are helping fight the problem.
"Trafficking is a global issue but it's also a local issue," said Lyndsey Christensen an expert on the topic.
For more, go to: http://www.ksfy.com/news/local/41120742.html
Naval Recruiter Accused Of Child Sex Trafficking
4 Men Indicted In Child Prostitution Case
POSTED: 5:25 pm CDT March 10, 2009
UPDATED: 10:24 pm CDT March 10, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Three local men, including a naval recruiter, are among four men accused of offering to pay to have sex with children.
The four men were indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury as part of Operation Guardian Angel, an undercover investigation targeting child prostitution in the Kansas City area.
For more, go to: http://www.kmbc.com/news/18901510/detail.html
Bill Would Increase Sex Trafficking Penalties
ST. PAUL (AP) ―
A bill introduced Monday would include sex trafficking on a list of crimes of violence and would increase penalties for certain situtations, such as when a victim is injured. (File)
Human rights advocates are urging Minnesota lawmakers to increase criminal penalties for sex trafficking.
For more, go to: http://wcco.com/politics/sex.trafficking.penalties.2.948093.html
Mosaic shows documentary to show reality of sex trafficking
Sex trafficker Olga told Katerina and Anya that "everything was fine" when she sold them to a couple of men at a cafe in the Aksaray district of Istanbul. She collected her cash and left the two women there.
More than 30 people watched clips from the documentary "Sex Slaves" during the presentation "Chained to Sex: The Reality of Sex Trafficking" in the Mosaic Cross Cultural Center at the Student Union on Thursday.
For more, go to: http://media.www.thespartandaily.com/media/storage/paper852/news/2009/03/02/News/Mosaic.Shows.Documentary.To.Show.Reality.Of.Sex.Trafficking-3654866.shtml
FBI and Local Agencies Target Child Sex Trafficking
Feb. 23, 2009
Salem-News.com
The Innocence Lost Initiative is designed to target criminal enterprises involved in the domestic sex trafficking of children.
(PORTLAND, Ore.) - A coalition of federal and local law enforcement agencies in Oregon targeted those who sexually exploit children through human trafficking as part of a nationwide crackdown this past weekend.
The FBI's Beth Ann Steele in Portland, says that during an overnight sting operation Thursday, February 19, 2009, dozens of agents, officers and deputies worked to rescue child victims of sex crimes while identifying the adults involved in the trafficking.
For more, go to: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february232009/fbi_kids_2-23-09.php
Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leonard Fox a/k/a Anton a/k/a "Daddy" pleaded guilty today to a federal civil rights charge for sex trafficking of minors, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King of the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Lawrence J. Laurenzi for the Western District of Tennessee.
In U.S. District Court in Memphis, Fox admitted to recruiting and obtaining underage girls and arranging for those girls to engage in commercial sex acts for his financial benefit.
For more, go to: http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-23-2009/0004976935&EDATE=
Lebanon police chief gears up to fight human trafficking
by Kristin Nelson, KY3 News
Story Published: Feb 19, 2009 at 4:16 PM CDT
Story Updated: Feb 19, 2009 at 4:17 PM CDT
LEBANON, Mo. -- Cases of modern day slavery are happening right in our backyard. For example, law officers say children are being sold into prostitution in Kansas City. The Lebanon police chief wants to make sure it doesn't happen here.
Sex trafficking is happening in massage parlors and motels and becoming more common. In the Kansas City area, there have been four cases uncovered this past year.
For more, go to: http://www.ky3.com/news/local/39867187.html
Two Arrested in LR in Alleged Prostitution Ring Bust
Reported by: Cecillea Pond-Mayo, KARK 4 News
Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009 @10:15am CST
Federal officials have arrested two men for running an alleged prostitution ring in Little Rock.
Tommy Handy (pictured left in photo) and Everett Cooney (pictured right in photo) are accused of controlling at least six prostitutes, two of whom were minors at the time.
For more, go to: http://arkansasmatters.com/content/news/fulltext/?cid=189761
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