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W. Va. Attorney General supports legislation to protect children from abduction, sex trafficking

September 10, 2020

CHARLESTON, W. Va. (WHSV) -- 20 Attorneys General from around the country asked President Trump for support in funding for a childcare protection program. W. ...

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Police Charge Alleged MS-13 Members With Trafficking Teen

August 6, 2020

Charges were unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Alexandria. A 48-page FBI affidavit says the 13-year-old girl ran away from a group home in Fairfax ...

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Virginia’s Human Trafficking Problem

March 3, 2020

The state of Virginia was ranked sixth for active cases in 2018 for human trafficking. The state had almost 200 reported cases in the 2018. ...

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The Virginia General Assembly takes on human trafficking

October 25, 2019

The General Assembly signed off on a new state job this year to evaluate and coordinate efforts to report these crimes and to educate others ...

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FOLSOM PRISON INMATE PLEADS GUILTY TO DIRECTING SEX AND DRUG TRAFFICKING RING FROM PRISON CELL

October 14, 2019

Foster Shane Gaines, 42, has pleaded guilty to operating a drug and sex trafficking ring from his prison cell in Represa, CA, where he was ...

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Sex trafficking victim: ‘It happens in every community’

September 19, 2019

Salka Valerio recounted running away at 14 years old with a high school friend from her Virginia hometown to New York, to what she ...

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Convicted former Stafford County track and field coach faces new charges for sexually abusing a child

August 30, 2019

A former Stafford County high school track and field coach who is already behind bars for sexually abusing children and soliciting an underage victim for ...

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Mueller probe witness now faces child sex trafficking char

July 24, 2019

An indictment made public Friday in federal court in Alexandria charges Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, 60, with transporting a 14-year-old boy from Europe to Washington, ...

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Va. man wanted on sex trafficking charges

July 8, 2019

P.S.A. from the USIAHT: Investigators in Williamsburg, VA. are asking for the public’s help locating a man wanted in a sex trafficking case. Evan Anthony ...

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Police raid four Virginia Beach massage parlors as part of human trafficking investigation

June 14, 2019

Virginia Beach, VA. Police did not release many details but said, "This is a joint effort between Homeland Security Investigations and the Virginia Beach Police ...