BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (WKRN) – An undercover human trafficking operation led to nearly two dozen men being indicted for allegedly trying to purchase illicit sex from minors.
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NASHVILLE – An undercover human trafficking operation conducted by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the Brentwood Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, and the office of 21st District Attorney General Kim Helper has resulted in mostly felony indictments for 22 men in a targeted effort to identify individuals attempting to purchase illicit sex from minors.
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A week-long undercover sting targeting human trafficking and online prostitution in Polk County ended with 277 arrests that included doctors, pharmacists and law enforcement officers.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), announced today that 84 minors were recovered and 120 traffickers were arrested as part of Operation Cross Country XI, a nationwide effort focusing on underage human trafficking that ran from October 12-15, 2017.
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A missing teen from North Carolina is being reunited with her family after Knox county officers arrested three people in a human trafficking sting.
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JACKSON – A joint investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Madison County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the indictment and arrest of an individual charged with multiple human trafficking charges.
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SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A Grand Jury in Sevier County has returned indictments for money laundering and sex trafficking against Tyler Michael Svedberg.
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NASHVILLE – Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Human Trafficking Unit, working alongside the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, have obtained an indictment for a man accused of trafficking a 15-year-old girl for the purposes of commercial sex.
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JOHNSON CITY – A youth leader, a coach, and a volunteer firefighter are among nearly a dozen men facing felony charges as part of a four-day human trafficking operation in Kingsport.
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Just over a week after three nail and massage businesses were raided during a human trafficking investigation, the state of Tennessee has suspended licenses for one of those salons.
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