JACKSON, Tenn. -- A recent human trafficking operation led by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and involving Jackson police and Madison County deputies has led to the recovery of missing and endangered teens and multiple sex-related arrests, according to a TBI release.
Read MoreJust five months into 2015, authorities report there have been two human trafficking stings in Williamson County, with 10 arrests and five victims rescued. Four of those arrested lived in Brentwood and three resided in Franklin -- now all face some varying charge related to human sex trafficking and prostitution.
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JOHNSON CITY – A joint investigation involving the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Marshals Service and the Surgoinsville Police Department has resulted in the arrest of a Morristown man who has been a fugitive for more than two weeks on outstanding warrants for violating the sex offender registry.
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These travelers insisted they were vacationers who happened to meet a Texas runaway on a Greyhound bus to Knoxville. The FBI says LaDaniel Mitchell, 34, and Jodi Robicheaux, 24, are flesh peddlers who force runaways into prostitution.
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Just a few years ago, Tennessee was scrambling to combat sex trafficking. Now it’s a leading state in the fight. There have been 36 new laws in the past four years, including several measures that take effect July 1.
Read More(NASHVILLE, TN) - July 1 marks the effective date of major laws enacted this past legislative session to keep Tennessee on the forefront of the nationwide campaign to fight human trafficking...
Read MoreKNOXVILLE (WATE) – A Tennessee Highway Patrol officer made a traffic stop on Interstate 40 that led to an arrest of a man with an order for deportation and the recovery of a 19-year-old who may be the victim of human sex trafficking.
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Nashville has a booming tourist trade, a robust economy, large-scale events that bring hundreds of thousands of new faces to town each year, and an enviable geographic position at the hub of multiple travel routes. Those factors make the city extremely enticing as a vacation and convention destination.
Read MoreNASHVILLE – Today, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced results of a week-long operation to better understand and combat human trafficking in Tennessee.
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