Combating human trafficking: Area law enforcement agencies join regional task force to pool local, state, federal resources to combat modern slavery
A kidnapped woman escaped from an 18-wheeler stopped in West Point after she’d been moved from place to place against her will for weeks.
Another young girl was found in a Clay County drug den after being reported missing in Arkansas and trafficked through multiple states.
Those are just two victims area law enforcement know of this year who were caught up in what the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office says is the world’s fastest growing criminal industry: human trafficking and modern slavery.
Human trafficking in Mississippi
When Leah Daughdrill was 18, she moved in with a family friend. The Leakesville, Mississippi resident was promised a stable home, which she’d never had, and drugs, which she’d been addicted to for years.
Palmer Home works to free modern slaves
When people think of modern day slavery or human trafficking, they often think of women from distant countries being smuggled into port cities.
Gov. Bryant receives human trafficking task force report
The fastest growing criminal industry does not involve illegal weapons or drugs. It involves the sale of human beings, and it’s happening in Mississippi.
Divisive issue of abortion stalls human trafficking bill
The Senate’s 100 members don’t agree on much. They agreed they wanted legislation to help the victims of sex trafficking. Then the bill got caught up in the emotional and uncompromising politics of abortion.
Miss. officers learn to fight human trafficking
PEARL — Mississippi law officers are learning how to more thoroughly investigate cases of human trafficking. About 80 state and local officers are at the
Saudi princess arrested in human trafficking case
A Saudi princess was charged Wednesday with human trafficking for allegedly holding a domestic worker against her will and forcing her to work at an Orange County condominium, prosecutors said.
Taking a stand against the sex trade
The first time 19-year-old Shamere McKenzie walked into a strip club, she made $300 within five minutes.
She didn’t even have to take off her clothes. Just like that, any reservations she had quickly fell away.
Holmes Diversity Center events shed light on human trafficking
The Holmes Cultural Diversity Center on the Mississippi State University campus will present a series of events Feb. 25-March 7 to heighten awareness of the issue of modern day slavery.