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Undercover law enforcement posed as "sex buyers" to contact potential victims and identify their traffickers during the three-day operation.
Karla Jacinto Romero, whose experience was distorted by the Alabama senator in a prime-time address, said she believes Britt used her story for political purposes.
Authorities in France say about 300 Indian citizens heading to Central America are sequestered in a French airport for a third day because of an investigation into suspected human trafficking.
The agency is partnering with the National Indian Gaming Commission to train workers to detect and report the crime, which heavily impacts Native women.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
San Francisco's DA says prosecutors are having trouble with defendants who claim to be victims of human trafficking, but its hard to find many instances where that's happened.
Miscavige had reportedly evaded process servers 27 times over four months before a judge said he was considered served.
The fundraising appeal for 17-year-old Pieper Lewis surpassed the $150,000 she was ordered to pay the family of her accused rapist.
The girl avoided prison time after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and willful injury in the killing of her accused rapist.
The measure passed despite the opposition of Gaetz, who has been scandalized by a federal sex-trafficking investigation involving a 17-year-old girl.
The state's highest court ruled that Facebook is not permitted to act as a lawless no-mans-land.