A new local organization seeking to have an impact on ending human trafficking will launch a grassroots campaign tonight. Mission Liberate, founded in 2019 by several students at the University of Kansas, ...
Read More »Five men arrested in Oak Grove as part of sex trafficking sting
Five men were arrested in Oak Grove as part of an effort to crack down on sex trafficking in Missouri. Authorities said 10 women were contacted and offered victim services, including food, ...
Read More »More than 1,300 children rescued since 2016 according to US Marshals
More than 1,300 children have been rescued from sex traffickers and others under President Donald Trump’s directive to the U.S. Marshals Service and FBI. The youngest victim was just two-years-old. The effort ...
Read More »$100 million anti-trafficking effort announced by Ivanka Trump, AG Barr
The Trump White house is continuing its aggressive take-down of human trafficking rings across the nation. Now, Ivanka Trump and Attorney General William Barr have announced $100 million to combat human trafficking ...
Read More »25 more children rescued by US Marshals
U.S. Marshals Service have announced the rescue of another 25 missing and endangered children. The missing children, between the ages of 13 and 18, were found in Cleveland, East Cleveland, Euclid, and ...
Read More »Kansas City files lawsuit over what it calls illegal firearms trafficking
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has made reducing violent crime his top priority for 2020. He and the city council this week announced a lawsuit against a gun manufacturer for ignoring what ...
Read More »BBC finds 9-year-old girls sold for one hour ‘pleasure’ marriages in Iraq
A shocking documentary by the BBC has revealed that little Iraqi girls as young as nine are being sold for sex in temporary ‘marriages’ that can last as little as an hour. ...
Read More »With Epstein case, public cannot ignore human trafficking
After the high profile arrest and suicide of billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the topic of human trafficking and the egregious perpetual slavery of young girls and boys came to light – if ...
Read More »Epstein connections run deep with Clintons
Billionaire Democrat donor Jeffrey Epstein, 66, sits in jail after pleading not guilty this week to federal charges of running a child sex trafficking ring involving dozens of underage girls. Prosecutors say ...
Read More »Kansas woman gets prison for sex crime with minor
A Kansas woman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for the sex crime of having child pornography on her phone. Kayla Michelle Simpson, 24, of Junction City, was sentenced ...
Read More »How ‘Game of Thrones’ is part of human trafficking problem
International evangelist and author, Christine Caine, has boldly suggested that people can put an end to sex trafficking by abstaining from watching pornography and TV shows like HBO’s Game of Thrones. “I’ll ...
Read More »A woman’s desperate mission to save kids of prostitutes
This is the remarkable story of Sarah Bowling, told in her own words. She’s the founder of Saving Moses and she’s on a very unique mission to rescue the children of prostitutes: We were ...
Read More »MO Attorney General Schmitt, FBI prioritize child trafficking
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says human trafficking is an epidemic. He made the statement at a press conference Monday on Kansas City. Now, the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task ...
Read More »Christian teen girls trafficked for marriage in China
Muqadas Ashraf was just 16 when her parents married her off to a Chinese man who had come to Pakistan looking for a bride. Less than five months later, Muqadas is like ...
Read More »Law enforcement credits Trump effort in rescue of 17 children from sex traffickers
Thanks to a Trump administration’s effort to nab child predators, Georgia law enforcement has destroyed a huge child sex-trafficking ring. The sting netted over 80 people in 8 states with 17 children, ...
Read More »Traffickers using kidnapped kids to get across border
If the news couldn’t get any worse from the crisis at the southern border of the United States, details are emerging of how traffickers are using kidnapped children to help others gain ...
Read More »Organizer of latest migrant caravan arrested for child rape
One of the organizers of the latest migrant caravan that left Honduras for the United States on Jan. 15, Juan Carlos Molina, was recently arrested for child rape. Last week, the Honduran paper La Tribuna reported that ...
Read More »Columbia, Mo police under fire for protecting sex trafficking ring
A Central Missouri film producer has produced a documentary that is shaking the public’s confidence in the Columbia, Mo. police department after allegations they protected a sex trafficking ring. Citizens for Justice, ...
Read More »Evangelical leader sends letter to President on immigration and border
Many in the faith community strongly support President Trump’s immigration and border efforts to stem the deadly flow of addictive and poisonous drugs into the nation, and to curtail the infiltration of ...
Read More »Businesses use poster to join fight against human trafficking
You most likely didn’t know it, but Friday was dedicated to saving people from human trafficking. Though the day was observed as Human Trafficking Awareness Day, the entire month of January is ...
Read More »Oval Office address makes case for security wall
In a 10-minute address, President Donald Trump spoke to the nation from the Oval Office on Jan. 8 about the mounting crisis at the southwest border. “Over the years, thousands of Americans ...
Read More »Troops approved for nation’s southern border
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has authorized the use of troops and other military resources at the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. officials said on Friday, bolstering President Donald Trump’s efforts to protect the nation ...
Read More »“Your kids are at risk,” trafficking expert says
Human trafficking is a growing problem in Topeka, in Kansas and Missouri, and across the nation. It’s a form of modern-day slavery that includes labor and sex trafficking, organs, and sex tourism. ...
Read More »Big-name speakers highlight CWA Kansas State Conference
Penny Nance, CEO of Concerned Women for America in Washington, D.C., was the keynote speaker at the Kansas State CWA Conference on March 15, but other well-known locally-based speakers were also on ...
Read More »Seven human trafficking victims rescued from Joplin massage parlor
Three Joplin massage parlors are under investigation for possible human trafficking. The tip came from the business next door to one of them. Emily Furrh works with Elizabeth Turner Law Firm and shared ...
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