Female sex "slaves" allegedly branded with group leader's initials
Keith Raniere, co-founder of the group called Nxivm, was arrested in Mexico and returned to Texas Monday
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Italy struggles to help thousands trafficked as sex slaves
As many as 30,000 Nigerian women and children forced into prostitution to pay off smuggling debts
Celebrities support teen killer, cite trafficking abuse
Rihanna and Kim Kardashian West tweeted this week using the hashtag #FreeCyntoiaBrown
Inside the FBI operation to rescue kids from sex trafficking
So far, 84 kids have been recovered and 120 alleged traffickers have been arrested this year
Runaway 16-year-old may be victim of sex trafficking, authorities say
Malia Janae Carbaugh, 16, ran away from her Portland home on August 10 and may have taken a flight to Las Vegas via Spirit Airlines
18-year-old sentenced for pimping teen girls
Jelinajane Bedrijo Almario would post pictures of 14 and 15-year-old girls on websites and then take them to motels to have sex, police said
Father claims death of child found in garage was accident
The child was likely dead in the Illinois garage for years; the girl's motherpointed authorities to the body after saying her husband forced her into sex work
Remains of child found in garage may have been there for years
Remains were wrapped in two blankets, coroner says, and the body found was so badly decomposed authorities couldn't immediately determine the gender
Alleged sex trafficking victim leads police to gruesome find
A woman who said her husband trafficked her in Las Vegas told authorities to search the detached garage of a vacant Illinois home
Feds: Hundreds were trafficked as "modern day sex slaves"
Hundreds of women were brought from Thailand to the U.S. in the sophisticated trafficking ring that concealed millions of dollars in earnings, according to a federal indictment
Teen at center of Oakland police sex abuse scandal testifies
The woman, now 19, said her sexual encounters with police officers began when she was just 12 years old.
AP: U.S. contractor ignored security violations at Iraq base
Current and former employees say Virginia-based firm on massive Pentagon contract allowed smuggling, theft and possibly sex trafficking
Cops: Couple injected girl with heroin, coerced sex acts
A Maryland couple is accused of injecting a 15-year-old girl with heroin and forcing her into prostitution
Study finds underage girls in Vegas sex trafficking
Of 190 identified sex-trafficking victims in 2014, Arizona State University researchers found two-thirds were under 18 years old
Sheriff: 474 arrests in Calif. human trafficking sting
Authorities say they rescued 28 children who were being sexually exploited
Porn studio or brothel? Clash over free speech in sex case
William James Hartwell denies running a prostitution ring and in court documents accuses the government of criminalizing free speech
Mother who found missing daughter's pictures on Backpage speaks out
One of the world’s largest classified ad websites is being accused of knowingly facilitating prostitution and child sex-trafficking
Uber driver credited with saving teen from sex trafficking
Keith Avila says he picked up two women and a teen and heard them talk about delivering the girl to a “John” and getting money from him
U.N. report finds children comprise nearly a third of trafficking victims
Report also found that nearly three-quarters of all human trafficking victims are women and girls and that trafficked men and boys are typically used as forced laborers, soldiers and slaves
Report: Man kept 2 girls, 3 women as sex slaves
Detroit police found a large black steel gate Richard Jackson's home, allegedly to prevent the women and girls from escaping
Calif. judge rejects pimping charge for website CEO
Backpage.com has been called the "world's top online brothel" by the state's attorney general, but a judge has given both sides more time to submit briefs
2 charged, 2 sought in teen's OD death, trafficking
The victim died from an overdose of cold medicine and Xanax that police say the suspects gave her "to forget about having sex with the men"
Backpage.com CEO transferred to Calif. jail
Carl Ferrer was arrested after arriving in Houston on an overseas flight and is being held without bail
Couple found at border with body of girl, 2, charged
Mercy Mary Becerra and Johnny Lewis Hartley allegedly trafficked the child's mother, then seized the girl and severely abused and then killed her
Thailand-U.S. sex-trafficking ring busted, 17 arrested
The arrests are expected to effectively dismantle the operation, according to Homeland Security Investigations
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