Some victims reported that they initially worked as waitresses before being forced into sex work under the threat of violence.

The trafficker coerced the victims to commit commercial sex acts with extreme physical violence, authorities revealed.

A Floridian youth basketball coach has been arrested and taken into custody after reportedly abusing children who he then tried to buy from parents.

More than 14 people were arrested in an anti-human trafficking sting operation at San Diego Comic-Con Wednesday.

Once synonymous with lawlessness, the birthplace of Pablo Escobar has become a trendy hotspot for tourists and digital nomads drawn to its mountainous landscapes and vibrant nightlife.

Albert Herrera Machado is accused of being part of a human smuggling and sex trafficking operation spanning several states

A woman from Washington State was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sex trafficking her daughter to a perverted stranger she had met online in exchange for shoes and cash.

The FBI's Operation Cross Country, which targets the victims of child sex and human trafficking schemes, was reported on Monday to have rescued over 121 children and 141 adults during a recent two week period.

The co-owner of adult website GirlsDoPorn has pleaded guilty to charges of sex trafficking and coercing nearly a hundred young women into filming sexually explicit videos.

As Ghislaine Maxwell is sentenced to 20 years in prison, a royal guard claimed on Saturday that Prince Andrew gave Maxwell an unrestrained amount of access to Buckingham Palace when the guards believed that they were together.

An Alleged Brooklyn pimp has been charged with sex trafficking and murder after he reportedly murdered a woman he was pimping out and chopped up her body to hide it.

A homeless man and convicted sexual offender in New York was arrested and charged on Monday after he beat and held captive an alleged prostitute for five days, forcibly raping her multiple times.

A Dallas police officer has been arrested for allegedly abusing and repeatedly raping a 14-year-old sex-trafficking victim during his lunch breaks.

Eight people have been charged for their involvement with the kidnapping and attempted trafficking of a 15-year-old, who was abducted by them during a Dallas Mavericks game.

A man from West Virginia could face up to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to traveling to the Philippines to have sex with a minor girl.

In spite of promises from the royal family that Prince Andrew will have to pay his settlement of Virginia Giuffre on his own, reports say that he will be receiving a loan from Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth after all.

Jean-Luc Brunel, a former modeling mogul who was linked to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, was found dead inside his prison cell on Saturday after what authorities are calling a suicide.

A Putnam County police officer was among those arrested for running a prostitution ring in Queens.

On Wednesday, a second Ghislaine Maxwell accuser testified that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump when she was 14. She also claimed to have ridden a private jet with Prince Andrew in a flight operated by Larry Visoski, who also presented evidence against the British socialite. 

Corinna Slusser, a woman believed to have been lured into a sex-trafficking ring in New York, is still missing after 4 years, and her mother Sabina Tuorto wonders if she'll ever be found again.

In a brief hearing in New York, the District Judge has set a provisional date possibly between September to December 2022 pending the need for letters rogatory.

A Washington state father is facing murder charges after being accused of killing his juvenile daughter's boyfriend amid speculations the man sold her to a sex trafficking ring for $1,000.

Roo Powell, the subject of Discovery+ series "Undercover Underage," pretended to be a teenage girl online in order to collect information and entrap pedophiles and sexual predators.

A sex trafficking survivor claims that even cops had sexually abused her after leaving Costa Rica for the United States to work as an "escort" in 2010. 

Accused Sarah Lawrence sex cult leader Larry Ray and his alleged victim-turned-accomplice, Isabella Pollok, will face separate trials over allegations they brainwashed a group of students and made a profit by forcing some into prostitution, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

R. Kelly has found himself in further scrutiny as his Brooklyn court trial focuses on his illegal 1994 marriage to singer Aaliyah, who was underage at the time, with the minister that oversaw the ceremony testifying as to what happened.

[Hold for Rhick] Gisela Castro Medina, a chairperson for a college Republican organization, was arrested on Thursday for her involvement in the sex trafficking of minors to GOP strategist Anton Lazzaro.

Minnesotan Republican strategist Anton Lazzaro has been arrested on Thursday for allegedly soliciting sexual favors from minors.

A Dallas man was reportedly found guilty of pimping and sex trafficking a 14-year-old girl and an adult woman into prostitution out of hotels rooms in Dallas and California. 

An alleged Killeen, Texas pimp has been seized by law enforcement on June 1 after he drove a 14-year-old girl from Central Texas to Arlington to prostitute for him, promising the teen she would profiteer from the illicit activity.