Activists run, bike 200 miles across Iowa for human trafficking victims
West Des Moines Iowa- Break the Cycle 200 hosted dozens of runners and bikers this weekend to bring awareness to human trafficking.
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Category: Iowa
Minnesota Man Charged In Iowa In Child Sex Trafficking Case
Cedar Rapids, Iowa- Authorities say a 50-year-old registered sex offender in Minnesota faces federal charges after being accused of traveling to Iowa to have sex with minors.
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Five men accused of sex trafficking in the Johnson County area and elsewhere
Arrion Marcus West, 25, Albert Kelly Price, 39, Kendall Andrew Streb, 52, Tommy Tate Collins, 40, and Isaiah Devon Patterson, 21, were charged with various offenses related to human trafficking minors and other crimes. All are in custody and have made an initial appearance in federal court in Des Moines, IA.
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Abuse, manipulation of victims allows sex trafficking to remain hidden in Iowa
Nine defendants have recently been sentenced in Des Moines for sex trafficking crimes. U.S. Attorney Marc Krickbaum commented, I truly cannot think of anything more pervasive than sex trafficking. I will never be able to fully comprehend how people are treated as property and used for instant gratification
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How to spot and stop a human trafficking event
Des Moines has been ranked in the top 100 cities as a human trafficking cite…Last year, the Altoona PD trained all their law enforcement and first responders on how to spot it. Detective Harmon says that parents should know what is on their child’s cell phone at all times. He explains that most kids, ages 14 to 16, get picked up after meeting someone on the internet and through apps.
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Police: Des Moines man threatened to kill witness in human trafficking case
The accused took the victim to a truck stop in Altoona, Iowa with the intention of soliciting her for prostitution, police said. The victim told Nelson she did not want to prostitute; Nelson then fired gunshots into the air, according to a criminal complaint. The accused and the victim approached a person at the gas station to solicit sex; that person later called the police.
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FBI arrests man at DFW Airport in child sex trafficking case
FBI agents arrested an Iowa man at DFW International Airport on Wednesday as he returned from a trip to Mexico, accusing him of trafficking an underage girl.
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Man charged with human trafficking after teenage girl says ‘help me’ in voice message to family.
A text message sent from a teenager to a family member that read, “He’s been pimping me out,” has led to a Des Moines man being charged with human trafficking.
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