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LAPD Assists State Task Force on Human Trafficking
Police announced the results of a statewide crackdown on human trafficking. Hundreds of arrests including dozens of accused pimps, and many would-be customers. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4’s I-Team on Feb. 1, 2023.
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Former Pro Mexican Soccer Player Arrested in US for Human Trafficking, Court Docs Show
A former Mexican soccer star, Club Tijuana’s top goal scorer of all time, was arrested for alleged human trafficking Sunday trying to cross the border into the U.S.
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Councilman O'Farrell Seeks to Address Human Trafficking in East Hollywood
Councilman O’Farrell wants to address the human trafficking and prostitution problem in East Hollywood especially near schools, daycares, and residential properties.
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Advocates Hope Olympian Mo Farah's Story Can Help Other Trafficking Victims
Farah revealed this week that he was taken to Britain illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant has given a face to the often nameless victims of modern slavery, crime victims who many times are dismissed as “illegal” immigrants.
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Death Roll Rises to 53 After Tractor-Trailer Abandoned in Texas
The people, believed to be part of a migrant smuggling operation, were found dead in San Antonio.
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LA Human Trafficking Operation Rescues More than 80 Victims
Los Angeles law enforcement says authorities rescued more than 80 human trafficking and sexual exploitation victims, including children, during a weeklong operation that also netted hundreds of arrests. The annual “Operation Reclaim and Rebuild” was held last week and coincided with the run-up to the Super Bowl in Los Angeles.
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Teen's Slaying Raises Sex Trafficking Concerns
There are still no arrests in the killing of a teenage girl found dumped on the 110 Freeway over a month ago. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022.
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Girl's Killing Raises Issue of Human Trafficking Awareness
Community members were mourning the loss of 16-year-old Tioni Theus, who was shot to death and left along the 110 Freeway earlier this month. Lauren Coronado reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022.
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Anti-Human Trafficking Campaign Kicks Off
Tens of thousands of people are coming into town for the Super Bowl but authorities are urging the public to keep an eye out for the darker side of large sporting events – human trafficking. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022.
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Migrant Boat Capsizes in English Channel; at Least 31 Dead
At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France’s interior minister called the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the dangerous crossing to date
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Italian Coast Guard Rescues 550 Migrants From Stormy Seas
The Italian Coast Guard has rescued more than 550 migrants, many of them young men and boys from Egypt, from traffickers boats in storm-tossed waters off the southern “toe” of Italy’s mainland
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R&B Artist R. Kelly Found Guilty on All Counts in Sex Trafficking and Racketeering Trial
R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty Monday on all counts in a high-profile sex-trafficking case by a federal jury in Brooklyn.
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One Killed When Human Trafficking Suspect Chase Ends in a Multi-Vehicle Crash
One person was killed and two were hospitalized with critical injuries Friday in a police pursuit of a human trafficking suspect that ended in a crash, authorities said.
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One Killed in Pursuit Crash Near Koreatown
Police were chasing human trafficking suspects when the driver crashed. Christine Kim reports for Today in LA on Friday Sept. 3, 2021.