Human Trafficking & Exploitation

4+ hour, 7+ min ago   (337+ words) A French investigation into alleged human trafficking that allowed US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to commit abuses is following several leads on potential recruiters, a prosecutor said Thursday. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau spoke after French modelling scout Daniel Siad, who…...

4+ hour, 5+ min ago   (129+ words) TEXARKANA, Texas — Two local men face felony charges following a joint human trafficking operation focused on protecting minors in Texarkana. The Texarkana Texas Police Department, alongside Texas Department of Public Safety investigators, the FBI, and Homeland Security, conducted the multi-agency…...

23+ min ago   (787+ words) On a rainy, bleary afternoon, a toddler peers out of her apartment window. A new brightly colored playground sits empty in front of her worn apartment building. She lives in what was a brothel. The building, 330 Ann Street, is a…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago   (50+ words) WTMA-AM 26-year-old Goose Creek man arrested after Tinder date kidnapping and chase A man has been arrested after he kidnapped his Tinder date and led police on a chase early Sunday morning, according to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office....

4+ hour, 44+ min ago   (569+ words) The Philippines retained its Tier 1 ranking in the US State Department’s 2026 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, taking note of the government ban on offshore gaming operations and the conviction of a former mayor in connection with a scam center. "The…...

4+ hour, 36+ min ago   (262+ words) One day late last week, there were news trucks and social media influencers all doing news stories out in front of a massage parlor in a Mays Landing shopping center. Just days hours earlier, police made their second round of…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago   (180+ words) CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) — A man is facing multiple charges, including kidnapping, in a Tinder date gone awry. Michael Voorhees, 26, of Goose Creek, was charged with kidnapping; possession, sale or disposal of a stolen vehicle valued at more than $10,000; hit-and-run involving…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (189+ words) COLUMBIA, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Office of the Attorney General said two Upstate men have been arrested on child sexual abuse-related charges. Officials said 35-year-old Samuel Edgar Stephens, of Greer, and 28-year-old Michael Steven Winiecki, of Williamston, were arrested on a…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (490+ words) ‘Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.’ The Salvation Army has joined the World Evangelical Alliance in calling for stronger action to ensure that people experiencing human trafficking are identified and able…...

6+ hour, 8+ min ago   (668+ words) The scale of the problem is difficult to establish because many cases remain outside formal government records. That lack of reliable information is itself a serious child-protection concern. The vulnerability is compounded by gaps in legal identity. According to Bangladesh’s…...