CANADA – Peter Nygard, former leader of a global fashion empire, will be sentenced this week in a Canadian court for sexual assaults. Last November, a Toronto jury convicted Nygard of assaulting four women, although he has denied the charges. Nygard’s sentencing is only part of the ongoing legal battles for the 83-year-old. In addition […]
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Sacramento, California – Last Friday, July 19, a Sacramento court marked a milestone in efforts to combat child sex trafficking in California. The implementation of Senate Bill 14, which went into effect on January 2, is already showing significant effects. This new legislation makes it a felony to sell minors for sex, imposing severe prison
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CALIFORNIA – The recent arrest of a convicted felon has shaken Anaheim’s peace. 36-year-old Marcus Boyd, a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been arrested on suspicion of trafficking a 14-year-old girl. On July 9, authorities received an alarming tip about a 14-year-old girl who was being sexually exploited. The minor was located in Anaheim,
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Sacramento, California – Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that the state has awarded nearly $20 million in grants to 18 Native American tribes in California. These funds are aimed at supporting these tribes’ efforts to address the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP). “Too many Native individuals, many of them women and girls,
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CALIFORNIA – The American Gaming Association (AGA) has expressed strong support for an anti-human trafficking bill introduced by Representatives David Valadao of California and Troy Carter of Louisiana. This bill aims to implement a program endorsed by the Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign, which will certify employers who train their workers to identify and
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CALIFORNIA – The political donations of the Duong family have come under increasing scrutiny following recent FBI raids on the residences of David Duong and his son Andy Duong. On the same day, the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao was also searched by federal agents. The Duongs, owners of the recycling company California Waste
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CALIFORNIA – During an intensive six-week national operation led by the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), 200 missing children were successfully located, marking a significant success in the fight against child abduction and exploitation. “Operation We Will Find You 2” took place from May 20 to June 24 and covered seven federal judicial districts across the
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA — Marriott International and a local franchisee in California must face accusations of complicity in sex trafficking and human trafficking due to claims that neither party did enough to intervene and help a woman showing evident signs of being a trafficking victim, according to a federal judge. In a lawsuit filed in
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Sacramento, California – John Jeremy Cheso, 46, and Shannon Celeste Powell, 35, are facing sex trafficking charges in Sacramento, California after identifying two teenage girls who were subjected to sexual activity in their care. Around 8 p.m., Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies observed two young women wearing lingerie near a car, according to official reports. After
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Lake Elsinore, California — A sting operation targeting sex buyers in Lake Elsinore resulted in the arrest of fifteen individuals. The Lake Elsinore Sheriff Station’s Special Enforcement Team, in collaboration with the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, led the operation aimed at reducing the demand for human trafficking in the city. The arrested individuals
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