SC Human Trafficking Task Force
- "Modern day slavery" of human trafficking still prevelent in South Carolina — The Post & Currier https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/modern-day-slavery-of-human-trafficking-still-prevalent-in-south/article_54e38b14-f23d-11e7-82da-5b6958a9ceeb.html
- Report: Strengthen SC human trafficking policies — Index Journal http://www.indexjournal.com/news/report-strengthen-sc-human-trafficking-policies/article_b8547d08-fb86-5407-b442-d2c24247c6b3.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share
- Cracking Down on Human Trafficking in South Carolina — One News Page https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20180111/9512626/Cracking-Down-on-Human-Trafficking-in-South-Carolina.htm
- Richland County Hires Staffer to Fight Human Trafficking — FreeTimes
https://www.free-times.com/news/local-and-state-news/richland-county-hires-staffer-to-fight-human-trafficking/article_db192cfc-a305-11e7-ab02-53e6cb7e7c09.html - S.C. Attorney General talks human trafficking, opioid epidemic at Aiken luncheon — Aiken Standard
https://www.aikenstandard.com/news/s-c-attorney-general-talks-human-trafficking-opioid-epidemic-at/article_d561623e-1691-11e8-a7f4-27a02087fb8a.html - New Human Trafficking Task Force coordinator brings international experience to the job — The Post and Courrier
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/new-human-trafficking-task-force-coordinator-brings-international-experience-to/article_6222ebcc-c15f-11e6-9e5c-bb11ab61c7cf.html - Think human trafficking isn't happening in your community? Think again, S.C. leader says. — The Herald
http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/community/fort-mill-times/article181955116.html - Truckers Driving Towards an End to Human Trafficking — WLTX News 19
http://www.wltx.com/mobile/article/news/local/truckers-driving-towards-an-end-to-human-trafficking/101-507299089 - Human Trafficking Task Force: required curriculum for SC children — WSPA News 7
http://www.wspa.com/news/human-trafficking-task-force-require-curriculum-for-sc-children/896575457 - Fight Against Human Trafficking in SC Continues — WLTX News 19
http://www.wltx.com/mobile/article/news/local/fight-against-human-trafficking-in-sc-continues/101-524986862 - A mom and her son stand accused of recruiting a teen to perform sex acts at a massage parlor — WISTV News 10
http://www.wistv.com/story/38006393/a-mom-and-her-son-stand-accused-of-recruiting-a-teen-to-perform-sex-acts-at-a-massage-parlor - Fight against 'modern-day slavery' of human trafficking in South Carolina makes strides — The Post and Courier
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/fight-against-modern-dsay-slavery-of-human-trafficking-in-south/article_7a04961a-47f4-11e8-bc3f-8f4c698be9f5.html
South Carolina Reports
- Majority of South Carolina human trafficking cases involved victims under 18 years old, report shows – The Post & Courier
http://ww.postandcourier.com/news/majority-of-south-carolina-human-trafficking-cases-involved-victims-under/article_a890a97a-d387-11e6-845a-9b18c909cbd1.html - Resources Lacking for Human Trafficking Victims in SC – GoUpstate.com
http://www.goupstate.com/news/20170107/resources-lacking-for-human-trafficking-victims-in-sc - Human traffickers are targeting children on the Grand Strand, forum speakers say – The State
http://www.thestate.com/news/state/south-carolina/article107918047.html - Guest or victim? Human trafficking at motels targeted - MyrtleBeachOnline
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article138145718.html - Benedict College warns students about sex trafficking scam — WACH Fox 57
http://wach.com/live/benedict-college-warns-students-about-sex-trafficking-scam - New coalition sets sights on reducing human trafficking: 'It can happen to anyone'—ABC 15 News http://wpde.com/news/local/new-coalition-sets-sights-on-reducing-human-trafficking
- Grasping For A Way Out — FreeTimes https://www.free-times.com/news/cover-story/grasping-for-a-way-out/article_d666d3c6-c402-11e7-8bc4-9f23a8a956a8.html
- Live 5 Investigates: Sex trafficking in the Lowcountry — Live 5 News
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Part 2: http://mms.tveyes.com/MediaCenterPlayer.aspx?u=aHR0cDovL21lZGlhY2VudGVyLnR2ZXllcy5jb20vZG93bmxvYWRnYXRld2F5LmFzcHg%2FVXNlcklEPTU3OTU0NCZNRElEPTkzNjM1MTQmTURTZWVkPTI3NDImVHlwZT1NZWRpYQ%3D%3D - Local agencies, Bon Secours join forces to fight Upstate sex trafficking — Greenville Journal
https://greenvillejournal.com/2017/04/06/local-agencies-bon-secours-join-forces-fight-upstate-sex-trafficking/ - FBI: Simpsonville man arrested in human trafficking case — FOX Carolina
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/35681872/fbi-simpsonville-man-arrested-in-human-trafficking-case - JSO Arrests South Carolina Man on Human Trafficking Charges – WOKV News
http://www.wokv.com/news/local/jso-arrests-south-carolina-man-human-trafficking-charges/NkVoIugFKnzoY9JilsqnjO/ - SC man convicted of sex trafficking throughout southeast — Live 5 News
http://m.live5news.com/live5news/pm_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=od:GpQpQN5l - SC man sentenced for trafficking 16-year-old girl — The Post and Courier
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/south-carolina-man-sentenced-for-trafficking--year-old-girl/article_2ab89550-bb10-11e7-937a-776f9c4d9cba.html - Upstate nonprofit raising awareness about human trafficking through blue hair campaign — FOX Carolina
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/37184548/upstate-nonprofit-raising-awareness-about-human-trafficking-through-blue-hair-campaign - Human trafficking awareness signs coming to downtown Aiken — Aiken Standard
https://www.aikenstandard.com/news/human-trafficking-awareness-signs-coming-to-downtown-aiken/article_c3f74dc8-f7c0-11e7-b15e-bf001b087b9c.html - Greenville Co. Sheriff's Office to launch human trafficking campaign — FOX Carolina
http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/37335037/greenville-co-sheriffs-office-to-launch-human-trafficking-campaign - Charleston ranked in top 5 counties for human trafficking — Charleston News 2
http://counton2.com/2018/01/16/charleston-ranked-in-top-5-counties-for-human-trafficking/ - Human Trafficking Alive and Well in South Carolina — Palmetto Family
https://www.palmettofamily.org/sex-trafficking-south-carolina/ - 84 kids rescued in human trafficking crackdown, arrests made in Columbia, Myrtle Beach, FBI says — WYFF News 4
http://www.wyff4.com/article/84-kids-rescued-in-human-trafficking-crackdown-arrest-made-in-columbia-myrtle-beach-fbi-says/13047232 - Greenville tops South Carolina list for reported human trafficking cases — Greenville News
https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/2018/01/05/human-trafficking-cases-greenville-sc/1008677001/ - Sex Trafficking in the Lowcountry — Live 5 News
http://m.live5news.com/live5news/db_348384/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=ivNzC8EE - 45 arrests made in Greenville County child predator operation 'Millstone' — Greenville News
https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/03/01/45-arrests-made-child-predator-operation-millstone/381749002/
National News
- Why Is It Hard to Bust Human Traffickers? — The Epoch Times
https://m.theepochtimes.com/why-is-it-hard-to-bust-human-traffickers_2338465.html - The Link Between Opioid Abuse and Sex Trafficking — The Crime Report https://thecrimereport.org/2018/01/17/the-link-between-opioid-abuse-and-sex-trafficking/
- Child sex trafficker sentenced to 472 years in prison — WSVN 7 News https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/child-sex-trafficker-sentenced-to-472-years-in-prison/
- 3 Ohio pastors facing life in prison; indicted for trafficking young girls for sex — WISCTV.com http://www.wistv.com/story/36849647/3-ohio-pastors-indicted-for-trafficking-young-girls-for-sex#.Wg5DiXrW5cM.email
- FedEx truck drivers fight human trafficking through new program — WISCTV.com http://www.wistv.com/story/37376587/fedex-truck-drivers-fight-human-trafficking-through-new-program
- California's Largest Health Provider Takes On Human Trafficking — Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolefisher/2017/05/26/is-californias-largest-health-provider-the-answer-to-fight-human-trafficking/#7ece64477611 - Missing NC teen found during human trafficking sting operation — WSPA News 7
http://wspa.com/2017/10/13/missing-nc-teen-found-during-human-trafficking-sting-operation/ - Hotels, Motels Emerge as Human-Trafficking Sites — U.S. News
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2017-11-04/hotels-motels-emerge-as-human-trafficking-sites - NC human trafficking bust leads to 6 arrests — CBS North Carolina
http://wncn.com/2017/10/31/nc-human-trafficking-bust-leads-to-6-arrests/ - Doctors, cops among 277 arrested in Florida human trafficking, online prostitution bust — CBS North Carolina
http://wncn.com/2017/10/18/doctors-cops-among-277-arrested-in-florida-human-trafficking-online-prostitution-bust/ - Youth leader, coach, EMT arrested in human trafficking case — WSPA News 7
http://wspa.com/2017/08/15/youth-leader-coach-emt-arrested-in-human-trafficking-case/ - Man Sentenced in Ogden Human Trafficking Prostitution Case — U.S. News
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/utah/articles/2017-12-22/man-sentenced-in-ogden-human-trafficking-prostitution-case - Massage Parlor Operators Charged With Human Trafficking — U.S. News
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts/articles/2018-01-24/massage-parlor-operators-charged-with-human-trafficking - Human trafficking arrest part of larger problem in NC — WSPA News 7
http://www.wspa.com/news/human-trafficking-arrest-part-of-larger-problem-in-nc/896745596 - ONLY ON 3: Sex trafficking survivor speaks out after years of bondage — WSAV News 3
http://wsav.com/2018/01/25/only-on-3-sex-trafficking-survivor-speaks-out-after-years-of-bondage/ - Human Trafficking: How to help survivors — WSAV
http://wsav.com/2018/01/10/human-trafficking-how-to-help-survivors/ - U.S. Seizes Backpage.com, a Site Accused for Enabling Prostitution — The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/07/us/politics/backpage-prostitution-classified.html - Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer pleads guilty in three states, agrees to testify against other website officials — The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/04/13/backpage-ceo-carl-ferrer-pleads-guilty-in-three-states-agrees-to-testify-against-other-website-officials/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e31a59c18ea1 - Backpage.com co-founder released from jail on a $1M bond — ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/backpage-founder-released-jail-1m-bond-54517270 - Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer says he'll testify against site's founders — NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/backpage-ceo-carl-ferrer-says-he-ll-testify-against-site-n865616 - Georgia mom pleads guilty to sex trafficking of her two young girls to drug dealer — The State
www.thestate.com/news/nation-world/national/article210541084.html - Florida Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Human Trafficking and Branding — FL AG NEWS RELEASE April 27 2018 (01674975xD2C78)
Legislative Updates
- SC bill will give longer sentences to human traffickers — WPDE News 15
http://wpde.com/news/local/sc-bill-will-give-longer-sentences-to-human-traffickers - A new court program will help child sex trafficking victims find help and heal in Washington D.C. — Thomas Reuters Foundation News
http://news.trust.org/item/20180129134258-h4lwd/ - Caught in modern-day slavery, she thought she'd die. Could this NC idea help others? — The Charlotte Observer
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article147578854.html - Louisiana Holding Summits to Discuss Human Trafficking — U.S. News
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/louisiana/articles/2017-11-28/louisiana-holding-summits-to-discuss-human-trafficking - States pursue CDL tie-in to combat human trafficking — Land Line Magazine
http://www.landlinemag.com/story.aspx?storyid=71705#.WqFFI02WyUl - Political Sex-Trafficking Exploitation — The Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-sex-trafficking-exploitation-1520035315