#sex-trafficking

[ follow ]
fromwww.dw.com
1 day ago

Bill Clinton says he 'did nothing wrong' with Epstein

I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong. Even with 20/20 hindsight, I saw nothing that ever gave me pause. We are only here because he hid it from everyone so well for so long. By the time it came to light with his 2008 guilty plea, I had long stopped associating with him.
US politics
#jeffrey-epstein
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days ago
US politics

For U Absolutely': Text Messages Show Democrat Governor Was Helping Jeffrey Epstein Months Before His 2019 Arrest

fromwww.mediaite.com
4 days ago
US politics

For U Absolutely': Text Messages Show Democrat Governor Was Helping Jeffrey Epstein Months Before His 2019 Arrest

fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

How banks, billionaires aided Epstein after his 2008 conviction

Despite his new status as a registered sex offender, Epstein retained the trappings of wealth and influence. He preserved his foothold in financial circles and rebuilt his relationships among billionaires and senior bankers. Al Jazeera has reviewed the latest documents published by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on January 30, 2026, gathered during federal investigations into Epstein. The files shed new light on how, despite his conviction, he remained embedded within elite financial networks for years.
US news
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
4 days ago

Opinion: In all the uproar over Epstein, remember the victims

Released Epstein files remain poorly organized and difficult to navigate, hindering public understanding of the full scope of the sex trafficking conspiracy despite millions of pages being available.
#human-trafficking
California
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Statewide human trafficking crackdown led to hundreds of arrests, L.A. authorities say

Statewide weeklong human trafficking crackdown led by Los Angeles task force resulted in 600+ arrests and 170+ victims rescued.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Eagle
3 weeks ago

Four Queens-based sex traffickers sentenced

Blanca Hernandez Morales received a 35-year sentence for sex trafficking minors using force, fraud, and coercion and was ordered to pay $179,300 restitution.
fromThe Oaklandside
1 week ago

Sex trafficking in Oakland: what's changing...on the podcast

Sex trafficking has been a problem in Oakland for decades, but new legislation, a new mobile clinic, and a growing chorus of young survivors are reshaping how the city responds. Public safety reporter Roselyn Romero breaks it all down. Plus: Oakland's oldest queer bar becomes a site of immigrant resistance, Mayor Lee's philanthropic fundraising strategy, a West Oakland street safety project, new food spots, and a tribute to Betty Reid Soskin.
California
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Conspiracy theorists feed on distrust in institutions the Epstein files will see them emboldened | Brigid Delaney

Not so long ago, if you said there was a shadowy cabal of elites who were involved in the sex trafficking of young women and girls and that some of the most famous people in the world were allegedly involved, then you would have been dismissed as a conspiracy theorist. On a certain level, it feels psychologically safe to other people who have conspiracy theories Jon Ronson even wrote a book called Them about extremists and conspiracy theorists.
World news
Soccer (FIFA)
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

After a Super Bowl sex trafficking crackdown, NorCal authorities gear up for the World Cup

Santa Clara County law enforcement is preparing a coordinated crackdown on sex trafficking ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Les Wexner Claims Naivety in Epstein Deposition

Les Wexner denies any knowledge or participation in Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes despite an FBI document naming him a co-conspirator and congressional skepticism.
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

Epstein Class Clowns

Adisturbing number of the oligarchs responsible for the mess we're in are not very smart. I realize that this seems like a minor complaint when so many of them are also evil, incompetent, and causing enormous amounts of human suffering. (Though perhaps it's better that they're dimly lit, because who knows how much worse things would be if they were truly evil geniuses?)
Left-wing politics
Law
fromwww.sandiegouniontribune.com
1 week ago

GirlsDoPorn owner ordered to pay $75.6 million in restitution by California judge

Michael James Pratt must pay $75.6 million restitution for coercing and trafficking more than 100 women through GirlsDoPorn; he received a 27-year federal prison sentence.
fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago

Federal prosecutors charge 27 people in Bronx murders, sex trafficking cases | amNewYork

The 38-count superseding indictment names defendants whom prosecutors identified as members or affiliates of the Anti-Tren gang that emerged from Tren de Aragua, which federal authorities on Jan.20, 2025 designated a foreign terrorist organization. Prosecutors used racketeering conspiracy or RICO statutes, tying groups to crimes, for a wide range of actions, including some linked to an April 15, 2024 double murder in the Bronx.
New York City
San Francisco
fromsfist.com
1 week ago

Sunday Links: Local Investor Under Investigation for Allegedly Trafficking at Least Ten Women

San Francisco confronts alleged sex trafficking, rising high-speed e-bike injuries, immigration enforcement actions, community celebrations, and financial harm to an elder women's-rights activist.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I was so scared': US trial witnesses allege Alexander brothers worked together to rape women

But a far nastier picture of their high life has been on display in court for the past few weeks, where the three brothers are on trial for sex trafficking. Prosecutors have accused each of the three brothers of violent, forcible rape of at least 10 women each and in some cases of threatening them if they spoke of their experiences.
New York City
#sexual-assault
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago
New York City

Alexander brothers testimony describes a woman being sexually assaulted in a Hamptons hot tub as partygoers watched

fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago
US news

Attorney for real estate mogul Alexander brothers in sex trafficking trial opening: clients may be assholes,' but not criminals amNewYork

fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
New York City

Alexander bros are brutal rapists who 'celebrated their crimes,' prosecutor said as sex-trafficking trial got underway

fromFast Company
1 month ago
US news

These NYC real estate brokers are facing a sex-trafficking trial that could send them to prison for life

fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago
New York City

Alexander brothers testimony describes a woman being sexually assaulted in a Hamptons hot tub as partygoers watched

fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago
US news

Attorney for real estate mogul Alexander brothers in sex trafficking trial opening: clients may be assholes,' but not criminals amNewYork

fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
New York City

Alexander bros are brutal rapists who 'celebrated their crimes,' prosecutor said as sex-trafficking trial got underway

fromFast Company
1 month ago
US news

These NYC real estate brokers are facing a sex-trafficking trial that could send them to prison for life

East Bay (California)
fromThe Oaklandside
2 weeks ago

A mobile clinic for sex-trafficked youth opens in Oakland

A mobile clinic in East Oakland provides free, street-based medical and reproductive services to sex-trafficked and marginalized youth, reducing barriers to care.
World news
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

Crypto-Funded Human Trafficking Is Exploding

Cryptocurrency-enabled sales of human beings for prostitution and scam compounds rose about 85% in 2025, totaling hundreds of millions and often occurring in public channels.
#child-exploitation
#ghislaine-maxwell
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

Virginia Giuffre's Family Torches Ghislaine Maxwell in Thermonuclear Letter: You Deserve' to Be Trapped in a Cage Forever'

fromabc7.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer questions from a House committee, citing 5th Amendment rights

fromFortune
2 months ago
Law

Ghislaine Maxwell claimed 'substantial new evidence' should set her free. Then the new Epstein files dropped | Fortune

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

Virginia Giuffre's Family Torches Ghislaine Maxwell in Thermonuclear Letter: You Deserve' to Be Trapped in a Cage Forever'

fromabc7.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

Ghislaine Maxwell declined to answer questions from a House committee, citing 5th Amendment rights

fromFortune
2 months ago
Law

Ghislaine Maxwell claimed 'substantial new evidence' should set her free. Then the new Epstein files dropped | Fortune

#federal-trial
US news
fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago

Worcester couple sentenced for 18 years in prison for sex trafficking

Worcester couple Kiersten and Moises Soto sentenced to 18 years each for sex trafficking a younger family member across New England.
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

All three Alexander brothers have now watched a rape accuser testify against them. Here is each woman's account.

The first rape accuser testified under the pseudonym Katie Moore about an incident in Manhattan in 2012, when she was a 20-year-old marketing intern. Moore described a night of partying with a small group that included her friend Ainsley, Tal Alexander, Alon Alexander, and the brothers' then-friend, actor Zac Efron. Moore told the jury she collapsed at a nightclub after one sip from a drink handed to her by one of Tal's friends.
US news
fromThe Oaklandside
4 weeks ago

Oakland has a sex trafficking problem. Young people have ideas to solve it

"Human trafficking prevention is an important reproductive justice issue and a shared community responsibility," said LJ, a 17-year-old high school senior.
East Bay (California)
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Texas teen girl who went missing after being sex-trafficked was murdered

Partial remains found in 2020 were DNA-matched in 2025 confirming 15-year-old Kristen Galvan, groomed and sex-trafficked by Houston gang members, was murdered.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Accusers recall Alexander brothers allegedly luring them to lavish outings and raping them during trial testimony amNewYork

Alon Alexander allegedly raped a woman after she was drugged and incapacitated at a 2012 party involving alcohol and MDMA.
Film
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Zac Efron party photo becomes flashpoint at Alexander bros' trial as first rape accuser clashes with the defense

An accuser testified that she was drugged and raped after an NBA Finals party at Zac Efron's penthouse; the Alexander brothers deny the charges.
US news
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Alexander bros' trial: The most striking revelations from day 1 of the criminal case

Three Alexander brothers face Manhattan sex-trafficking charges alleging drugging and sexual assaults over more than a decade, while their defense portrays consensual encounters.
Law
fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Woman Sues Luxury SF Apartment Properties Where Sex Trafficking Took Place, Says They Knew

A woman alleges she was sex trafficked at age 17 in luxury South Beach apartments and that staff knowingly ignored and facilitated the abuse.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

CNN's Scott Jennings Nuked by Guest in Withering Attack Over Blunt Epstein Files Take

The Justice Department missed the Epstein files deadline, prompting debate as Scott Jennings minimized the delay and Leigh McGowan forcefully condemned that dismissal.
fromwww.housingwire.com
1 month ago

Early Alexander Brothers accuser found dead in Australia

Whiteman, 45, filed a civil lawsuit in March 2024 accusing the Alexander brothers of sexually assaulting her more than a decade earlier. In court filings, she said she met the brothers at a Manhattan nightclub in 2012 and was forced into a sport utility vehicle as she was leaving. She alleged they drove her to a Hamptons estate where she was assaulted.
US news
Law
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Alexander brothers question validity of new sex assault charge days before trial amNewYork

Defense attorneys say a newly added sexual-abuse-by-physical-incapacitation count lacks allegation of knowing incapacitation and must be dismissed as duplicative of an aggravated-abuse charge.
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

At 3 a.m., a gunman waited behind an Oakland lingerie store on 'The Blade', police say. The operator was shot dead minutes later

OAKLAND -At 3:15 a.m. on Dec. 19, long after most local business owners had shuttered their doors, two brothers left the back of their lingerie store in a neighborhood known for sex trafficking and headed to their car in an adjacent alleyway. That's when the gunman struck, according to police, firing multiple shots into a 2016 Toyota Prius and striking both men inside. One died before EMTs could take him to a hospital. His brother was struck in the arm but survived, authorities said.
US news
fromNew York Daily News
2 months ago

Mother-daughter duo forced woman to be prostitute in Brooklyn massage parlors: DA

Gonzalez said one of the victims, a 23-year-old woman, needed to raise money for her ill father, and was referred to the mother and daughter by a friend in January 2024. She was forced to work from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. six days a week and was required to split her prostitution profits 50/50 with her new bosses. The victim worked out of alleged massage parlors at 2281 McDonald Ave. and 1204 Coney Island Ave., officials said.
Brooklyn
World news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Epstein files reveal Andrew's connection to second wealthy sex offender

The FBI requested a voluntary interview with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor regarding investigations tied to Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Nygard, both linked to sex trafficking of minors.
Brooklyn
fromNews 12 - Default
2 months ago

Coney Island man charged with sex trafficking and raping 15-year-old girl

A 26-year-old Coney Island man has been charged with sex trafficking, rape, assault, and promoting prostitution after exploiting a 15-year-old girl.
Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Files release illuminates Maxwell's tactics to lure teens into Epstein's orbit

Ghislaine Maxwell used affectionate, sisterlike behavior and normalization tactics to groom vulnerable teen girls into Jeffrey Epstein's sexual exploitation.
[ Load more ]