A California man received a 25-year sentence in San Joaquin County for human trafficking and kidnapping related to forcing ...

A man was arrested in Southern California for alleged human trafficking after a 15-year-old girl was found in Long Beach ...

LOS ANGELES -- Hidden in plain sight all across California are human traffickers and their victims. Operation Reclaim and Rebuild is a mission to end human trafficking and help victims caught in the ...

A California man was sentenced on Tuesday after kidnapping a former romantic partner and forcing her into prostitution, according to the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office. Officials said ...

Sex trafficking minors is already a felony under California law, with penalties ranging from five years to a life sentence in prison. California Assembly Bill 379 addresses penalties for solicitation ...

The fastest-growing group of human trafficking victims in Orange County is children. A report scheduled to be released today from the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force suggests that the ...

Two depressingly common forms of violence that happen behind closed doors – spousal abuse and human trafficking – could become less easy to hide as a new, victim-oriented reporting law rolls out in ...

Assemblymember Nick Schultz, D-Burbank, listens during a session at the state Capitol on Thursday, May 8, 2025. NATHANIEL LEVINE nlevine@sacbee.com The legislative process can be messy. It’s ...

Police shared data at a recent information session hosted by Niagara Regional Police Service's human trafficking unit. It was the first session of its kind for the unit, which began in 2019. The ...