human trafficking

From Texas Standard . A bill targeting online sex trafficking is up for a vote today in the U.S. House. Authors of the Allow States and Victims to Fight...

Human trafficking is the most common type of modern-day slavery, exploiting children and adults by forcing them to engage in sex or labor. There are more…

From Texas Standard . For eight years, in southwest Houston, a brothel operated out of a shabby apartment complex. Locals who knew about it didn’t speak...

This week on Fronteras:Human trafficking is an international crime, but Texas authorities are learning to understand it as a local atrocity.The fight to…

From Texas Standard: Warning: this story contains descriptions that are disturbing. Authorities in Mexico this weekend arrested two people they say were...

The discovery of a stifling tractor-trailer in San Antonio this weekend – packed with nearly 40 undocumented immigrants – is reverberating across the…

There are an estimated 313,000 victims of human trafficking in Texas, according to data released in December. Described as modern day slavery, human…

From Texas Standard : Activists gathered on the south steps of the Texas Capitol Wednesday morning to pressure lawmakers to keep fighting human...

From Texas Standard: For a while, we've known that human trafficking is a big problem in Texas. But a new study from D.C. advocacy group called the...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the launch of the Texas Human Trafficking and Transnational Organized Crime Unit. Paxton says the unit will…