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Alexander Acosta, the US labor secretary under fire for having granted Jeffrey Epstein immunity from federal prosecution in 2008, after the billionaire was investigated for having run a child sex trafficking ring, is proposing 80% funding cuts for the government agency that combats child sex trafficking.
Alrico Ray Coleman pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree human trafficking and promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor. Commissioner Craig Adams determined there was probable cause and set bail at $500,000.
Seattle, WA former cheer coach Leonard Bernard Lewis, pleaded guilty admitting that he transported images of child rape and abuse on his personal electronic devices when he traveled from Seattle to London.
A Richland man is now going to spend 61 months behind bars after being sentenced today for sex crimes involving a sell of a 16-year-old girl into the sex trade.
32-year-old Aubrey “Uno” Taylor had worked as a pimp in Washington, Idaho and Nevada. He transported girls to Las Vegas to engage in commercial sex acts, and controlled his victims with things like heroin and making them get tattoos of his name.
Survivor-run groups that combat human trafficking need more support from the US Government so they can operate on a level playing field with larger agencies, an advisory council said last week.
Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force in D.C. have announced an arrest has been made in reference to Transportation for Illegal Sexual Activity and Racketeering offenses involving juveniles.
Booked into the Benton County, WA. jail as a “contract inmate,” Jesus Rodriguez 27, just finished serving a one-year-nine-month term for similar charges involving a different girl. If convicted in federal court, he faces at least 10 years and up to life in prison for the online enticement and child sex trafficking charges. The child pornography charge carries a sentence of 5 to 20 years.
When she was 17 years old, Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life in prison without parole. She had been convicted of killing the man who had sexually abused and sex trafficked her for more than five years. But during her trial, details of the abuse were not allowed in court.
A human trafficking victim broke away long enough to reach a Washington State Patrol official at Seattle’s Colman Dock Sunday, escaping her captors.
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