Sex Trafficking
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Human trafficking forum held in wake of McLean discovery
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A forum held Friday in McLean shined a spotlight on human trafficking at home and abroad. It was held in the aftermath of the discovery of two women at a McLean home who authorities believe were trafficked for sex.
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Jonathan Fuentes sentenced for sex trafficking of a child
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Jonathan Adonay Fuentes pleaded guilty to sex trafficking a child last Nov.
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Police bust prostitution ring in Herndon
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Authorities say members of the violent street gang the Bloods were selling four 17-year-old girls for sex inside an extended stay hotel in Herndon.
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Gang sex trafficking: How a teen girl was lured into Northern Virginia's sex industry
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It's a new money-making enterprise for local gangs - and teen girls are their target. Here's a preview Pamela Brown's exclusive interview with one of the young victims.
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Gang sex trafficking victim speaks out
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ABC7's Pamela Brown investigates the alarming trend of gang sex trafficking. In Part 1 of this exclusive story, a young woman speaks out about falling victim to a powerful gang member.
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Human trafficking in the United States: Statistics about a growing crime
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In 2011, more than 7,200 people were prosecuted in connection to some form of human trafficking, a trend that has been on the rise for several years. Learn more about the global trend here.
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Julio Cesar Revolorio Ramos pleads guilty to sex trafficking
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Prosecutors say 29-year-old Julio Cesar Revolorio Ramos and a conspirator encouraged the girl to work as a prostitute, arranging for her to engage in sex acts with more than a dozen men daily.
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Maryland conference teaches sex trafficking signs
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A two-day conference in Catonsville is aiming to teach social workers and law enforcement officers to spot signs of sex trafficking.
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Michael Jefferies, Christopher Sylvia, plead guilty to teenage sex trafficking charges
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Two Virginia men pleaded guilty on Thursday for helping run a prostitution business that recruited and trafficked high school girls.
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Fairfax MS-13 associate gets 292 months for sex trafficking runaway girls
An MS-13 associate from Fairfax has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for sex trafficking runaway females as part of his juvenile prostitution business.
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