Human trafficking

California launches new anti-human trafficking teams

By Stefanie Dazio Jun. 18, 2021 04:15 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press May. 26, 2021 12:18 PM EDT
Bowling Green Daily News. May 21, 2021. Editorial: Leaders right to object to child-focused social media network It is...

Female prsioners wave goodbye to their fellow inmates following their release from Chikurubi prison on the outskirts of Harare, Saturday, April 17, 2021. Zimbabwe began the release of about 3,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty aimed at easing congestion and minimizing the threat of COVID-19 across the country's overcrowded jails. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe frees some inmates to reduce COVID-19 risk in jails

By Farai Mutsaka Apr. 17, 2021 08:50 AM EDT

FILE- In this July 2, 2020 file photo, Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and his ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. Sex trafficking charges were added Monday, March 29, 2021 to the indictment against financier Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend as prosecutors alleged that she groomed a 14-year-old girl to recruit other young females in the early 2000s to provide “sexualized massages” to Epstein in return for cash. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Judge denies Ghislaine Maxwell's motions to toss sex charges

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 16, 2021 06:06 PM EDT

FiLE — In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly turns to exit during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court building, in Chicago. A federal judge gave the green light Thursday, April 15, 2021, to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go on trial this summer after several delays. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Judge: R. Kelly to be moved to NYC for sex-trafficking trial

Apr. 15, 2021 02:00 PM EDT

Senegal's President Macky Sall, left, welcomes Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez prior to a meeting at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, April 9, 2021. Sanchez is on a mini-tour to Angola and Senegal that are key in the European country's new push to bolster ties with the neighboring continent and mitigate the migration flows that many fear could increase as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Senegal, Spain leaders seek to encourage legal migration

By Babacar Dione Apr. 09, 2021 02:00 PM EDT

Congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks at "Women for American First" event, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Doral, Fla. The House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation of Rep. Gaetz, citing reports of sexual and other misconduct by the Florida Republican. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Gaetz vows to fight, tries to stay on offensive amid scandal

By Will Weissert And Adriana Gomez Licon Apr. 09, 2021 12:27 AM EDT

Fight over Ghislaine Maxwell's jail conditions heats up

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 08, 2021 01:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP, File)

Gaetz sex probe suddenly threatens a speedy Washington rise

By Alan Fram Apr. 03, 2021 10:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2020 file photo, Mexican National Guardsmen stand watch over the Suchiate River where locals transport cargo and ferry people between Mexico and Guatemala, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, a location popular for Central American migrants to cross from Guatemala to Mexico. On Friday, March 19, 2021, Mexico sent hundreds of immigration agents, police and National Guard officers marching through the streets of the capital of the southern state of Chiapas to launch an operation to crack down on migrant smuggling. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Mexico launches crackdown on migrant smuggling

By Mark Stevenson Mar. 19, 2021 04:57 PM EDT

A woman gets her shot of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine at the Magdalena Contreras borough of Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, as Mexico begins to vaccinate people over the age of 60 against the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico arrests 6 for trafficking false coronavirus vaccines

Feb. 17, 2021 09:20 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 08:16 AM EST
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ Feb. 14 The News-Enterprise on a state audit...

FILE — In this Jan. 24, 2020 file photo, panelists at the New Jersey attorney general's annual human trafficking awareness event talk about how to prevent the crime, in Trenton, N.J. After failing for five years to fully carry out a state anti-human trafficking law, New Jersey officials made good on a promise last year to reinvigorate the commission tasked with preventing the crime. (AP Photo/Mike Catalini, File)

New Jersey revitalizes panel to combat human trafficking

By Mike Catalini Feb. 13, 2021 09:34 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 01:52 PM EST
Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ Jan. 27 The Brunswick News on new measures aiming to...

Editorial Roundup: Alabama

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 12:16 PM EST
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ Jan. 23 The Dothan Eagle on a U.S. congressman from...

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Dec. 30, 2020 07:55 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Don’t Let the Games Begin The New York...

This photo from Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office streaming video shows Sheriff Alex Villaneuva discussing the arrest of nearly 160 people at a party in the high desert city of Palmdale, at a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Officials said the people were at an illegal "super-spreader" party over the weekend despite surging coronavirus cases. Authorities announced Tuesday that the party in Palmdale resulted in the arrests of 158 people, 35 of whom were juveniles. Deputies found six weapons at the home and were able to rescue a 17-year-old human trafficking victim. KTTV Fox 11 first reported the party and arrests. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Underground Southern California party ends in 158 arrests

Dec. 08, 2020 10:26 AM EST

Lawyers seek bail for British socialite and ex-Epstein pal

By Larry Neumeister Dec. 07, 2020 06:50 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for the onetime girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein said Monday that her client, who again seeks release on bail, has lost weight and hair...

FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2018, file photo, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad talks during a joint statement along with Nobel Peace Laureat Denis Mukwege and European Union Foreign Policy chief Federica Mogherini, at European Council's Europa building in Brussels. Murad says the coronavirus pandemic has increased trafficking of women and gender-based violence, leaving the health and safety of women “on the line.” The 27-year-old activist, who was forced into sexual slavery by Islamic State fighters in Iraq, says curfews, lockdowns and travel restrictions imposed by governments to slow the spread of the virus “have had unintended consequences on women worldwide.” (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Nobel laureate says pandemic raising violence, trafficking

By Edith M. Lederer Dec. 01, 2020 01:51 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Nov. 16, 2020 10:00 AM EST
The Dallas Morning News. Nov. 13, 2020. What a federal torture case in Dallas tells us about sex trafficking It’s not a...