Once a trafficker has been identified and caught, criminal prosecution is one avenue to bring justice. While pursuing a criminal case may be...

Portland pimp gets prison by As...

In an earlier post on civil litigation on behalf of human trafficking survivors, I briefly mentioned the ways that diplomatic immunity compl...

From the DOJ : Wisconsin Couple Sentenced for Forcing a Woman to Work as Their Domestic Servant for 19 Years Jefferson Calimlim Sr. and his ...

From the Denver Post : Fields of fear for Colorado illegal farm laborers For a group of farm laborers working in the U.S. illegally, it was...

From the Guardian: By Rachel Williams November 4, 2008 A gang of human traffickers, brothel keepers and pimps received substantial jail term...

From Kansas City Business Journal: Three owners and operators of Asian massage parlors in Johnson County pleaded guilty Thursday in federal ...

From Chron.com: By Ana Ley August 21, 2008 HOUSTON — Five people linked to an immigrant smuggling operation run by the infamous Ortiz famil...

From Market Watch: August 15, 2008 An Alaska man was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking of minors and adults, as well...

From Newsday: By Anthony M. Destefano August 16, 2008 NEW YORK- The sex trafficking conviction of a North Woodmere man who was d...

From WTOP: By Eric Johnson August 11, 2008 WASHINGTON - History teachers tell students that slavery ended in the U.S. in 1865, but sources t...

From the New York Times: July 22, 2008 We take issue with John R. Miller’s characterization of the Department of Justice’s work in the fight...

From JURIST: A Mexican woman pleaded guilty [DOJ press release] Tuesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York [off...

From the Charlotte Observer: One of two illegal immigrants charged with smuggling a teenage girl into South Carolina and forcing her into pr...

From ABS-CBN: By Gemma Bagayaua A Batangas court recently sentenced a woman to life imprisonment after finding her guilty of trafficking min...

From the Visayan Forum Foundation: A multi-sectoral network against trafficking in the Philippines led by Visayan Forum Foundation Inc. (VFF...

From the Chron: The farewell party was in full swing at midnight when police came for Maximino "El Chimino" Mondragon, his accompl...

From the Macau Daily Times: Thailand's criminal court yesterday sentenced a 63-year-old women to 14 years in prison for trafficking youn...

By Nicole Gaouette From the LA Times: The Bush administration has sharply ratcheted up prosecutions of illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Mex...