September 2023

The Texas foster care system is facing criticism after two teenage girls, under the state’s care, were allegedly drawn into a sex trafficking operation, as reported by Dallas Morning News on September 7. According to the details, the girls, from Bell County north of Austin, disappeared from an unofficial foster care placement, igniting concerns that […]

Brooke Thompson, involved in a child sex trafficking ring spanning from January 2019 to April 2020, received a seven-year sentence on Friday by Superior Court Judge David Zent. The decision comes after Thompson expressed remorse and agreed to testify against two other participants in the operation, one being her son, Caleb Thompson. Originally facing charges

Cumberland County authorities have executed simultaneous search warrants on five Asian spas, unearthing significant evidence of human and sex trafficking in massage parlors.  Part of the larger “Operation: Closed2Trafficking” initiative, which spans across Dauphin, York, and Cumberland Counties, the investigation has identified ten parlors as fronts for illicit activities. District Attorney Seán McCormack revealed that

Gisela Castro Medina, once closely aligned with ex-GOP strategist Anton “Tony” Lazzaro, received a three-year federal prison sentence on Tuesday. Her conviction stemmed from recruiting underage girls for Lazzaro.  In December 2022, she pled guilty to conspiracy in the sex trafficking of minors and obstruction in the investigation. Although five other trafficking counts will be