Police investigate suspected prostitution in North Texas shopping center
A shopping center in one North Texas neighborhood is the focus of legal action over concerns that prostitutes are not only working at a spa but also living there.
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A shopping center in one North Texas neighborhood is the focus of legal action over concerns that prostitutes are not only working at a spa but also living there.
A 26-year-old Texas National Guard member is charged with human smuggling after a high-speed chase near the border this week.
In-N-Out restaurants are offering customers more than burgers. The company is giving them a chance to make a change.
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents thwarted a human smuggling attempt to hide 13 migrants crossing the border unlawfully hidden inside hay bales.
From Texas to Eastern Europe, human trafficking is a traumatic reality for women and girls from all walks of life.
On any given night in Dallas, 400 girls are trafficked on the streets according to New Friends New Life, a North Texas human trafficking advocacy group.
Those on the frontlines of the fight against human trafficking said it's more common than most people think.
Those on the frontlines of the fight against human trafficking said it's more common than most people think.
The controversial internet personality and his brother, Tristan, were arrested along with two Romanian nationals, Romanian prosecutors say.
An FBI raid at a Fort Worth home on Friday morning ended with agents rescuing nearly two dozen victims of suspected human trafficking and arresting two of their alleged captors. Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/fbi-busts-alleged-human-traffickers-in-fort-worth-rescuing-21/
An FBI raid at a Fort Worth home on Friday morning ended with agents rescuing nearly two dozen victims of suspected human trafficking and arresting two of their alleged captors.
Officers said the 50-year-old man lied, saying the children were his cousins.
The two men allegedly were involved in a scheme involving an underage girl
Agents began their probe of the business in 2020 after receiving intelligence of possible organized crime including human trafficking.
Oakhurst residents are concerned about a local church's complex for victims of human trafficking.
Police arrested Arely Lopez-Guzman and Fabiola Cardenas, both allegedly tied to the sale of women for sex.
Governor Abbott said last year, the legislature passed and he signed multiple laws cracking down on human trafficking and the deadly drug fentanyl.
Last Sunday, an observant Richland Hills Police officer rescued three victims of labor trafficking during a routine traffic stop and arrested their traffickers.
Four migrants were children aged 8 to 13, and three others had aggravated felony convictions for rape, drug possession and crimes involving moral turpitude, the U.S. attorney's office said.
Operation Buyer Beware was timed to take advantage of a new state law that went into effect Sept. 1, increasing the penalty for soliciting sex from a misdemeanor, to a felony.
Texas Governor Greg Abbot is expected to sign Senate Bill 576 into law today, September 22 that increases the penalty for human smuggling.
Two accused human traffickers, Syed Mohammad Ali and Syed Muratab Ali, are in-custody after Wylie police arrested them on Sept. 13 and 14.
FWISD said Monday, it is partnering with anti-human trafficking nonprofit organizations, Unbound North Texas and 3Strands Global Foundation.
The migrants were found in both the bed of the truck, covered by a hard plastic cover sealed shut, and in the trailer that could only be opened from the outside.
More than two dozen people were found inside a big rig that was stopped near San Antonio, including one person who was taken to a hospital.
