Event Focuses On Crimes Against Children
Crimes against children — that’s the focus of a four-day conference in downtown Dallas this week. The Dallas Police Department and the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center are hosting the event, which...
View ArticleAbbott In Arlington To Talk Trafficking
ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says the state is getting ready for a law enforcement problem that follows every Super Bowl. Abbott in Arlington Abbott says human...
View ArticleFormer Prostitute: Sex Trafficking ‘Hidden’ Epidemic In DFW
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – She was just 14 years old the first time she was sold for sex. “A lot of it comes from survival, what you might call survival sex,” said a former sex trafficking victim, who did...
View ArticleFormer Sex Slave Helping Find Helpless Girls
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – There is a massive undercover effort underway across North Texas to stop sex trafficking. In this last week leading up to Super Bowl Sunday, organizations estimate that thousands...
View ArticleBill Aims To Help Victims Of Human Trafficking
FORT WORTH (KRLD/CBSDFW.COM) – If a bill proposed by U.S. Senator John Cornyn passes, the federal government could soon be reaching out a hand to the victims of human trafficking. The Domestic Minor...
View ArticleTexas Senate Toughens Human Trafficking Penalties
HOUSTON (AP) – The Texas Senate has voted to toughen penalties for human trafficking, including automatic life sentences for repeat offenders. The bill authored by San Antonio Democrat Leticia Van de...
View ArticleTexas House Passes Human Trafficking Bill
AUSTIN (AP) – People convicted of human trafficking would face tougher penalties under legislation that has passed the Texas House. The bill makes it a felony to force children into prostitution,...
View ArticleLewisville Coach Charged With Human Trafficking
LEWISVILLE (AP) — An assistant basketball coach at Lewisville High School has been charged with human trafficking for allegedly forcing a student from Mexico to work against his will while living with...
View ArticleFort Worth Officers Say Feds Ignored Human Trafficking Victim
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – She had been through so much – beaten, abused, humiliated and, worst of all, taken from her family in her native country of Honduras. But when the man began to cut his name...
View ArticleHuman Trafficking On The Rise Across North Texas
NORTH TEXAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Police say a crime that targets young girls in North Texas is increasing — human trafficking. Detective Manny Reyes, a member of the Fort Worth Police Department and the...
View ArticleMan Sentenced For Human Smuggling Via Plane To Texas
MCALLEN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A Mexican man has been sentenced to prison for trying to smuggle illegal immigrants onto a charter flight bound for San Antonio from a Texas border airport. U.S. District...
View ArticleCrimes Against Women Conference Underway
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Today is the first day of a three-day international conference focusing on violence and women. The 8th Annual Conference on Crimes Against Women is underway in Dallas. Federal,...
View ArticleI-Team: Website Allows Users To Rate Prostitutes
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) - People like to read reviews online before buying a car or reserving a hotel room. But one website, http://www.eccie.net, once based in North Texas, allows users to review...
View ArticleIrving Police Believe Teen May Have Other Sex Trafficking Victims
Travis Lekas (credit: Irving Police Department) IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – There is new information today about the 17-year-old Irving boy accused of forcing a female classmate into prostitution. Travis...
View ArticleDFW Nonprofit Battles Human Trafficking
Sujo John (credit: KTVT/KTXA) FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It...
View ArticleKRLD Community Hero: Fighting Human Trafficking
EULESS (KRLD) – Twenty-seven million people around the world are trapped in the world of human trafficking. Half are children. Today we are recognizing a woman in Euless who has made it her mission in...
View ArticleDallas Man Pleads Guilty To Sex Trafficking Of Children
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Keith Williams, aka “Chucky Blood,” 24, of Dallas, appeared in federal court Tuesday and pleaded guilty, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney, to one count of sex...
View ArticleMore Than 100 People Found In Suspected Texas Stash House
HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A house overflowing with more than 100 people presumed to be in the U.S. illegally was uncovered in Texas on Wednesday, a police spokesman said. The suspected stash house,...
View ArticleFive Juveniles Recovered In North Texas Human Trafficking Sting
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A joint operation involving 19 North Texas law enforcement agencies recovered five juveniles during an enforcement action focusing on commercial child sex trafficking. The...
View ArticleState Campaign To Combat Human Trafficking
HOUSTON (AP) - Various local, state and federal officials plan to announce a new anti-human trafficking campaign for Texas. Gov. Rick Perry, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw,...
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