End Slavery Tennessee News

Derri Smith discusses parallels in cases involving teen girls and older men, most recently two AMBER Alerts involving 15 year-old girls.

End Slavery Tennessee is The Contributor's featured nonprofit organization for April.

TBI's Margie Quin and our CEO Derri Smith, among others, talk about the warnings signs and ways to prevent child abduction.

Less than a year after his arrest, a man was tried and convicted on human trafficking charges in Williamson County.The trial was the first of its kind in the county.

A Williamson County jury convicted a man of human trafficking last week in what's believed to be the first trial of its kind in the county.

A  jury convicted a man of sex trafficking Thursday, after what is believed to be the first trial of its kind in Williamson County. Eric Demarco Hamilton, 26, was found guilty of one count of Trafficking for a Commercial Sex Act, a Class B Felony, and the misdemeanor count of Domestic Assault.

Marcus D. Washington was sentenced today to 10 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release. Washington pleaded guilty on November 21, 2016, to one count of conspiracy to commit commercial sex trafficking by force, among multiple other charges.

An interview with our friends from Fox WZTV Nashville regarding our work with survivors of human trafficking. 

Thomas de Matteis, formerly employed by NASA, was sentenced on Feb. 27, 2017 to serve 10 years in federal prison for coercing or enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity. Matteis pleaded guilty to this charge in November 2016.