Human Trafficking

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H.B. 122 would require some minors, depending on the offense, to register for the Utah State Sex Offender Registry. It also adds human trafficking to the list of crimes that can land a person on the list.

In early November, eleven suspects connected with sex trafficking and other sexual explotation crimes were arrested in St. George. Dixie State University Chief of Police Blair Barfuss was a crucial part of initiating the federal investigation.

A Cache Valley couple has been arrested after police found a fugitive human trafficker from Kentucky in their home. Police say Hunter Smith and Brandie…

Thursday was Human Trafficking Awareness day and the Utah Coalition Against Secual Assualt held an online community education event to mark the occasion.…

“It’s a silent crime," said Lucy Servellon, CAPSA’s Northern Utah Liaison for Human Trafficking. "Nobody sees it, but it’s there."Last year, she handled…

Human trafficking might sound like something that can’t happen in peaceful Utah, but it does. Last year the Utah Attorney General’s Office investigated 49…

Law enforcement authorities in southern Utah are accusing a Las Vegas man of forcing a woman into prostitution.24-year-old Jerome Devon McFadden was…

Utah-based Operation Underground Railroad, an anti-human trafficking organization, has become an officially recognized charity in Mexico. By declaring…