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"Weeklong human trafficking sting operation nets 547 arrests across California," says the KTLA5 headline. With "Operation Reclaim & Rebuild," over 100 law enforcement agencies set out "rescuing ...
A woman sues three hotel chains claiming she was a sex trafficking victim who was raped nearly 1,000 times in their establishments. Woman's lawsuit claims Motel 6 and other chains allowed her to ...
Lakireddy Bali Reddy was the subject of the book Slaves of Berkeley: The Shocking Story of Human Trafficking in the United States by Tim Huddleston. [14] According to Huddleston: "Lakireddy Bali Reddy was a noted successful businessman; he owned restaurants and real estate all over Northern California and made over $1,000,000 a month from his ...
A 17-year-old girl was able to save herself from being trafficked by texting 911. The teenager, who authorities said was a victim of human trafficking, began texting the emergency number with ...
In its annual report for 2018, the National Human Trafficking Hotline claims that there were 790 cases of human trafficking in California, which is the highest among all states, with sex trafficking being the leading form of trafficking. [28] Of sex trafficking victims in California, 76.3% were females, 3.9% were males and 26.9% were minors.
California's Forgotten Children is an American feature documentary directed by Melody C. Miller. [1] Winning Best Documentary at the 2018 Soho International Film Festival, [2] the film follows a diverse group of resilient survivors who have overcome commercial sexual exploitation of children and are changing the world by ensuring no child is left behind. [3]
Last year, Assembly Democrats, under different leadership, rejected Senate Bill 14, which would add human trafficking of a minor for sex to the list of “serious felonies” under California’s ...
The case would also lead to the passage of California laws to reform the garment industry and end sweatshop abuses through independent monitoring and a code of conduct [4] and then eventually to the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) passed by the United States Congress (later known as the Trafficking Victims ...