All tagged sex trafficking
Georgia Leah Moses disappeared from Santa Rosa California on August 13th 1997. Nine days later, the 12-year-old girl's dead body was found alongside Highway 101 near the Petaluma Boulevard onramp. Georgia's short life was marked by failures of the system, which sadly continued to fail her in death. The investigation was distracted by a series of errors -- from the handling of her missing person report to the identification of her body. Even Georgia's name was printed incorrectly by the media, creating further barriers to justice.
Johnl Jackson of Vancouver, Washington has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for trafficking two girls, ages 14 and 15, from Eugene, Oregon to his hometown where he forced them to have sex with his clients in exchange for drugs and money.
California pardoned Sara Kruzan last Friday, a woman who was convicted in 1994 for the murder of a man who she claimed sexually abused and trafficked her. Governor Gavin Newsom acted as a part of a larger movement to reevaluate sentencing throughout the country.
Kaylee Jones, a 16-year-old teenager, has been missing since June 14, 2022. She was last seen near Carrollton’s Whooping Creek Church Road. Jones is diagnosed with autism and requires special medication and medical care. Her parents, Daniel and Brenda Jones, fear that their daughter may have been lured away and has become a human trafficking victim.
Texas authorities have rescued 70 missing children in a 3-week joint task force operation in West Texas. Operation Lost Souls began in April in the El Paso, Midland, Ector, and Tom Green counties. All 70 kids were 10-17 years old and were victims of sex trafficking, and physical and sexual abuse.
On Tuesday, Somorie Moses, 45, was charged in the Brooklyn Federal Court with murder and the sex trafficking of eight women after a 10-count indictment.
In November 2021, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office in Florida began a three-month undercover operation with some of its detectives posing as minors. The operation was successful, as two 15-year-old girls were rescued and 18 people have been arrested.
Today in true crime history, on January 14th 1964, the González sisters, Guinness World Record holders for Most Prolific Murder Partnership, were arrested after a reign of terror that killed over 91 people.
Victoria Roland opened up to MMN about her experience as a trafficking survivor, how she managed to escape, and how she turned this terrible situation into motivation to help other survivors on their journey. As well, she clears up some misconceptions about trafficking, and what a trafficking situation really looks like.
Author Will Dean talks about his brand new thriller, The Last Thing to Burn. The book tells the story of a woman being held captive on a remote farm in the UK. Thanh Dao, or Jane as she is renamed by her captor, was trafficked from her home in Vietnam, abused, and stripped of her identity. But now Jane has discovered she is pregnant, and has resolved to protect her child at all costs.
