sex trafficking

All the suspects are from Yakima County. The investigation is ongoing and authorities say they expect more arrests.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Victims of sex trafficking would be allowed to vacate prostitution convictions in Washington state under a measure passed by the state Senate. Senate Bill 5272, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Rebecca Saldana of Seattle, passed unanimously on a 49-0 vote on Wednesday...

HONOLULU (AP) — Prosecutors from a dozen states and eight countries are meeting in Waikiki to talk about the global problem of sex trafficking. They're planning to share strategies for bringing traffickers to justice. The conference beginning Wednesday is being held in Hawaii which was the last state in the nation to formally ban sex trafficking...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say a man brought two women and three teenage girls into a sex trafficking scheme and had one of the women drive him to court for a probation hearing for a prior prostitution conviction. Terrance Tyrell Edwards has been charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion after he was arrested last week at a Billings hotel...