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Chelsea Self / Post Independent A recent encounter with one of the many area teenagers YouthZone has taken under its wing was affirmation for Lori Mueller that, 44 years strong, the youth services organization she has led for the past nine years has an impact. “I was in the Rifle office just before Christmas, and there was a young man in the corner on his laptop doing his homework,” Mueller recalled. “He said, ‘this is the best place I can go, because I know I can get help if I need it....

KVRR Local News "It happens all over North Dakota, including small towns." January 9, 2021 NORTH DAKOTA — January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and organizers in North Dakota are helping inform the public of the severity of the issue. “When you look at human trafficking it’s a criminal act, and it’s also what we call human rights violations,” ND Human Trafficking Taskforce’s Dr. Analena M. Lunde said. Human trafficking affects many people, and the circumstance of it all can...

LASD arrests 158 at underground party after Sheriff vows to crack down on superspreader events LASD shuts down superspreader party in Palmdale Another weekend, another massive underground party captured by FOX 11’s undercover cameras. But this one had a much different ending. The LA County Sheriffs Department showing up and shutting the whole thing down. PALMDALE, Calif. - The Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department made 158 arrests while breaking up a massive underground party at a house in P...

Participants at the dialogue: “There is a need for justice for abandoned girls” Participants in discussions surrounding findings in the research of the Platform for Dialogue and Peace (P4DP) have called for actions to end social stress and constraints women and girls are undergoing that help to expose them to prostitution and sexual abuse. At the end of a four-day validation of the group’s Gender Based Violence research findings with the Audio Visual Documentation, the women called  for ...

$30 Million in Drugs, Cash, and Guns Seized in Victoria Three men have been arrested, officials said More than 12 kilograms of high-concentrated fentanyl—enough to supply an estimated 3,965,000 lethal doses—were seized alongside other illegal drugs, firearms, and cash by police and special enforcement units in British Columbia.  Known as Project Juliet, the joint operation between Victoria Police Department’s (VicPD) Strike Force and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC (CF...

Human trafficking, prostitution surging on streets of South LA during COVID-19 shutdowns Trapped and trafficked LOS ANGELES - As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions forcing the closures of strip clubs and other adult entertainment industries, the Los Angeles Police Department tells FOX 11 that human trafficking and prostitution have exploded on the streets of South LA, and they brought FOX 11 along to show us how bad the problem has become. FOX 11 joined LAPD’s Human Trafficking Tas...

  VICTORIA -- Three men have been arrested and a massive amount of illegal drugs, including highly concentrated fentanyl, were seized alongside 20 firearms following a joint investigation by Victoria Police and the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC (CFSEU-BC). The drugs seized have an estimated value of $30 million, according to VicPD, and the more than 12 kilograms of fentanyl recovered is enough to cause approximately 3,975,000 lethal doses. The drugs and firearms were disco...

Havent paid him. >> he said hes only here for about 20 days then hes off to florida, new york. hes working all over the country. >> if he wanted to leave and go back to kmie thchina, could you? >> he said he left something on the stove. we followed him and we were greeted by man who had been inside that same apartment. >> shut up. >> okay, okay. >> reporter: it was clearly time the leave. we headed to show our footage to deputy los angeles city attorney who heads an anti-labor trafficking task f...

>> their target, underage prostitutes, many featured on websites. >> the younger the girls the better. and particularly if you see somebody under 18, or you believe is under 18, well try to concentrate on that person. >> sergeant tom hoganmiller knows arresting girls is controversial but he feels the end justifies the means, a last ditch effort to save underage victims before they are caught forever in the web of brutal pimps. >> it is sickening and when you get these young girls, you know youll...

Sex. >> the mission is to arrest the prostitutes in violation of the law and/or probation. >> their target, underage prostitutes, many featured on websites. >> the younger the girls the better. and particularly if you see somebody under 18, or you believe is under 18, well try to concentrate on that person. >> sergeant tom hoganmiller knows arresting girls is controversial but he feels the end justifies the means, a last ditch effort to save underage victims before they are caught forever in the...