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Former Kansas City detective, 3 others accused of sex trafficking
Federal prosecutors say a Kansas police detective and three other men ran a violent sex trafficking operation that targeted troubled teenage girls at an apartment complex in Kansas City, Kansas, in the 1990s.
Lawsuits allege hotel chains ignored human trafficking
Lawyers representing human trafficking victims want a single federal judge to oversee multiple lawsuits alleging that major hotel chains have ignored human trafficking taking place on their premises. Attorneys have asked a federal panel to consolidate at least 21 such lawsuits pending in 11 states into a single case in federal court in Columbus, arguing […]
Lawsuits allege hotel chains ignored human trafficking
Lawyers representing human trafficking victims want a single federal judge to oversee multiple lawsuits alleging that major hotel chains have ignored human trafficking taking place on their premises. Attorneys have asked a federal panel to consolidate at least 21 such lawsuits pending in 11 states into a single case in federal court in Columbus, arguing […]
Criminal Law: Sex Trafficking-Above-Guidelines Sentence-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
Defendant pleaded guilty to sex-trafficking offenses and was sentenced to an above-guidelines sentence as recommended under the terms of defendant’s plea agreement. On appeal, defendant challenged the substantive reasonableness of his sentence. Where the district court adequately considered the statutory sentencing factors and defendant knowingly and voluntarily agreed to his sentence in his ple[...]
Foster care problems left kids vulnerable to sex traffickers
More than a dozen children who ran away from troubled Kansas welfare system and juvenile corrections placements have wound up incarcerated for crimes related to human trafficking, drawing the ire of victims’ advocates and some lawmakers who say the runaways were victims themselves. After former Republican Gov. Sam Brownback took office in 2011 and reduced […]
Foster care problems left kids vulnerable to sex traffickers
More than a dozen children who ran away from troubled Kansas welfare system and juvenile corrections placements have wound up incarcerated for crimes related to human trafficking, drawing the ire of victims’ advocates and some lawmakers who say the runaways were victims themselves. After former Republican Gov. Sam Brownback took office in 2011 and reduced […]
Criminal Law: Sex Trafficking-Motion to Suppress-Due Process
Defendant was on supervised release when he was arrested for sex-trafficking and engaging in the business of prostitution. Following his conviction, defendant challenged the denial of his motion to suppress, motion to dismiss based on the sufficiency of evidence, the jury instructions and other alleged violations of his due process rights. Where defendant was on […]
Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein charged with molesting dozens of girls
Eleven years after letting Jeffrey Epstein off lightly with a secret deal, federal prosecutors made another run at putting the billionaire financier behind bars on sex charges, accusing him Monday of abusing dozens of underage girls as young as 14. The 66-year-old hedge fund manager who once socialized with some of the world’s most powerful […]
Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein charged with molesting dozens of girls
Eleven years after letting Jeffrey Epstein off lightly with a secret deal, federal prosecutors made another run at putting the billionaire financier behind bars on sex charges, accusing him Monday of abusing dozens of underage girls as young as 14. The 66-year-old hedge fund manager who once socialized with some of the world’s most powerful […]
Case reveals shame, trauma of male sex-trafficking victims
Like many victims of a Connecticut sex-trafficking ring that preyed on troubled young men and teenage boys for more than 20 years, Samuel Marino never told his family or police about being coerced into sexual relations with much older men. Marino ended up carjacking vehicles from two different women in 2009 and leading police on […]
Case reveals shame, trauma of male sex-trafficking victims
Like many victims of a Connecticut sex-trafficking ring that preyed on troubled young men and teenage boys for more than 20 years, Samuel Marino never told his family or police about being coerced into sexual relations with much older men. Marino ended up carjacking vehicles from two different women in 2009 and leading police on […]
Criminal Law : Sex Trafficking – Cell Phone Evidence – Restitution
U.S. v. Charles (MLW No. 71866/Case No. 17-2391 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)
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