Human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. Causing someone under the age of 18 to engage in a commercial sex act, regardless of using force, fraud, or coercion is human trafficking under U.S. law1.
Convicted traffickers and individuals exploiting children are being sentenced to serve time:
- Convicted sex offender sentenced to more than 13 years for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual relations following ICE HSI investigation
- ICE HSI investigation results in the 16-year prison sentence of a South Texas man for exploiting a 4-year-old
- ICE HSI led investigation results in 10-year sentence of a south Texas man for "catching a case" of sex tourism with minor
- Sex trafficker sentenced to more than 15 years after joint ICE, federal and local investigation
- Sex traffickers sentenced to combined 81 years in prison
- Man sentenced to more than 11 years for sex trafficking of minors
- ICE HSI, local law enforcement, investigation results in 70 year sentence for Iowa man convicted of sexually exploiting children
- Florida man arrested in Kansas on charges of human trafficking, sexually exploiting a child
- Southwest Houston man pleads guilty to sex trafficking 3 women throughout more than 7 states
- Dallas-area violent pimp sentenced to life in federal for sex trafficking minors
- 13 arrested during Arkansas HSI sex trafficking operation
- Aurora Residents Charged With Child Labor Trafficking
- Three Family Members Charged in Child Labor Trafficking Conspiracy in Chicago Suburbs
- Springfield Woman Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking Conspiracy
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1 See 18 U.S.C Chapter 77 for precise definitions