Human Trafficking

This story was updated at 1:06 p.m. to include comments by Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley in a phone interview. Missouri Attorney General Josh...

Missouri is the only state in the U.S. using consumer-protection laws to pursue a website that’s accused of advertising illegal sexual activity such as…

In this month’s issue of The Atlantic, author Alex Tizon writes of a woman who spent 56 years in his family’s household as a slave. “My Family’s Slave,”…

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley wants to get tough on human trafficking, which long has been a problem in the state. To do so, he proposed rules…

Eastern Missouri has four full-time police officers dedicated to investigating human trafficking cases, but convictions are rare.Law enforcement officials…

The age in which teenagers can receive a marriage license would increase to 17 under legislation pre-filed in the Missouri House.Currently, teens as young…

Senate Bill 804 would make it illegal to advertise the availability of a child for sex. It would also make it illegal to advertise the availability of an…

A young woman comes into an emergency room, trailed by a much older boyfriend who answers questions for her. A man with a broken ankle and no…

WASHINGTON - The House Tuesday gave overwhelming approval to an anti-human trafficking bill, containing provisions sponsored by U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner,…

After a two-week Easter recess, legislators are back in Washington, D.C.“There’s a lot of trying to paint the other guy as the bad guy. There’s a lot of…