Rep. Clint Owlett will host a human trafficking awareness event on recognizing signs of trafficking and online grooming Thursday, Oct. 29, in Canton.
During a joint human trafficking investigation in Sumner County, law enforcement officers arrested five men and identified nine potential trafficking victims. Following the arrests, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged detainers against three of the suspects—Alinson Guerrero-Ramirez, Bryan Duany Rodriguez-Pena, and Lazaro Rodriguez-Santos—who are Cuban nationals in the country illegally.
(The Center Square) – U.S. Border Patrol in far west Texas is warning rideshare drivers about human smugglers using rideshare apps to organize illegal smuggling activity.
(The Center Square) – An international crackdown on India-based organized crime gangs has resulted in 24 arrests in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
(The Center Square) – The Biden administration called the government's only estimate of annual fraud losses "not plausible." Now, the Trump administration says fraud costs taxpayers hundreds of billions annually.
(The Center Square) – At a recent Congressional hearing, Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, both said that because the southwest border was secure under the Trump administration, cartel and transnational criminal organizations had recently shifted focus to the northern border.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a three-part series that will provide an in-depth look at the in-roads of sex trafficking in Lycoming County, the easy access provided by Route 15 and resources for youth trafficking victims.