Human trafficking remains one of the most complex criminal threats facing modern law enforcement and homeland security professionals. Despite significant policy attention and expanding enforcement ...

In new research published today, crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis found that crypto-funded transactions for human trafficking—largely forced laborers trapped in compounds across Southeast Asia and ...

Financial institution members of The Knoble will be using AI to monitor transactions around the soccer games for signs of trafficking and share suspicious activity information with each other.

Though rarely obvious, human trafficking is much more prevalent than many realize, experts said during a recent panel discussion in Yakima. "Don't think that it doesn't touch everybody," said Dr. John ...

A terrified child sits in a dark room, bound with ropes or chains. Armed criminals guard the door. A heroic rescue team storms in just in time to free the victims and arrest the traffickers. For many ...

When I was trafficked, I was forced into sex acts that resulted in a prostitution charge. That and other minor charges ...

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. To develop a better understanding of human trafficking—which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security describes as involving the use ...

NEW ORLEANS — Last year there were 1,700 victims of sex trafficking in the New Orleans area, and those are just the survivors we know about. And in the short time since this new year began, police ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Following the news today can feel overwhelming, especially when we bear witness to suffering and cruelty aimed at ...

Co-authored by Asia Eaton, Ph.D., and Andrea Powell Sex trafficking is one of the most severe violations of human rights, yet it remains widely misunderstood. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act ...

When the FBI first told Michelle Johnson she was a victim of human trafficking, she didn't believe them. It was 2011. She was in her 20s and facing jail time after authorities conducted a sting ...

The drug trafficking charge against Venezuela's former leader, Nicolás Maduro, revolves around cocaine. The accusation spans Democratic and Republican administrations. So what exactly is Venezuela's ...