human trafficking

Women throughout San Diego are coming together this week during Human Trafficking Awareness Month in North County for an event focused on stopping human trafficking.

NBC 7’s very own Monica Dean will emcee the event on Wednesday,

Five people were arrested during a countywide law enforcement operation aimed at capturing human traffickers, it was announced Thursday.

A former Mexican soccer star for Club Tijuana’s team was sentenced Monday for trying to smuggle two women across the border near San Diego.

A former Mexican soccer star, Club Tijuana’s top goal scorer of all time, was arrested for alleged human trafficking Sunday trying to cross the border into the U.S.  

A former San Diego police officer has been charged along with three others with allegedly operating illicit massage businesses that offered commercial sex services, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday.

A binational conference was held in the South Bay to take a stand against human trafficking. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford shares efforts made to raise awareness.

Farah revealed this week that he was taken to Britain illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant has given a face to the often nameless victims of modern slavery, crime victims who many times are dismissed as “illegal” immigrants.

The people, believed to be part of a migrant smuggling operation, were found dead in San Antonio.

“I know first-hand the resilience of the human spirit and the possibilities when survivors are connected to the trauma-informed community,” an advocate said.

Free conference seeks to educate public on stopping sexual exploitation.

The Oakland Police Department is seeking information about the death of a teenager from Butte County.

At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France’s interior minister called the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the dangerous crossing to date

Religious hymns and songs gave way to a special vigil mass honoring the many victims and survivors of human trafficking. The event was put on by the Coalition of Justice, a local group dedicated to raising awareness on the issue. “We noticed there are no laws watching this problem and even the community is unaware this is going on,” said…

The Italian Coast Guard has rescued more than 550 migrants, many of them young men and boys from Egypt, from traffickers boats in storm-tossed waters off the southern “toe” of Italy’s mainland

“If one person would have stood up for me, I would not have had to gone through three years of slavery,” a victim said in a video played Tuesday at an event to raise awareness.

R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty Monday on all counts in a high-profile sex-trafficking case by a federal jury in Brooklyn.