Polaris tracks the number of reports made to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, a figure often used by researchers. In 2018, it received 5,147 reported cases of human trafficking.

Sen. Jon Husted's legislation would require Labor Department staff to identify potential trafficking victims during inspections.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, the number of persons prosecuted for human trafficking more than doubled from 2012 to 2022 from 805 to 1,656 persons ...

Sex trafficking victims in Arizona are getting younger, and a third were sold by family. As devastating as that is, there are ...

FBI data from local police departments show that only 7% of human trafficking offenses led to arrests from 2021 to 2023, the most recent year for which statistics are available. That’s 1,344 ...

HHS still has 1,688 of possibly fraudulent sponsors receiving the kids, 7,346 human trafficking reports and another 46,311 other tips from grantees, staff and unaccompanied minors themselves to vet… ...

An October 2024 report from the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics indicates that 1,912 people were referred to federal prosecutors for human trafficking offenses in fiscal year ...

On the day a month-long criminal trial in Hamilton was set to begin against a man accused of human trafficking, the Crown’s ...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and U.S. Marshal for the Central District of Florida William Berger celebrated ...

The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice estimates that 27.6 million people nationwide are victims of human trafficking. Warning signs of human trafficking can vary.

A Chinese woman accused of leading an international human trafficking ring was bound over to stand trial in Macomb County's 16th Circuit Court on six felony charges, Michigan Attorney General Dana ...