Eleven people were arrested in Claremont on Thursday as three undercover officers posing as prostitutes were contacted by 10 would-be customers and one pimp. The Claremont Police Department “received multiple complaints from residents, business owners, and [passersby] regarding prostitution” near Indian Hill Boulevard and the 10 Freeway, police said in a news release. At that […]
A Florida man will spend the next 50 years in prison after being convicted of trafficking a woman in Norcross, DeKalb and Florida, officials say. On Wednesday, a jury found 34-year-old Max Francois Joseph guilty on three counts of trafficking persons for sexual servitude, two counts of keeping a place of prostitution and one count […]
IRVINE, Calif. – An alleged pimp has been arrested and a suspected human trafficking victim rescued following an undercover operation at a local hotel in Irvine, according to police. Members of the Irvine Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit and the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force were dispatched to the hotel last week after receiving […]
An online advertisement offering sexual services from a 17-year-old girl who had been missing since 2019 led to Saturday’s human trafficking arrest of a man attempted to pimp her out, according to Miami-Dade police. In addition to charges of being a pimp, custodial interference, human trafficking of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of […]
A tyrannical pimp named Napoleon ruled over the women he trafficked with violence and threats — and with an associate he weighed using antifreeze-laced drugs to poison one who went to police, according to federal prosecutors. Napoleon Scott, 55, of Queens, pleaded guilty to sex trafficking conspiracy in a last-minute deal to avoid a trial […]