Human Trafficking

On this week’s edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio reporters Chris McDaniel, Jo Mannies and Jason Rosenbaum welcome state…

Feb. 1 is Super Bowl Sunday. By presidential declaration, it’s also Freedom Day, marking the end of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention…

The fight against sex trafficking is being waged in Jefferson City -- and Washington, D.C. Closer to home, the Missouri legislature is considering bills…

The YWCA has been involved in social justice issues for about 150 years, but many people still don’t know the organization’s mission, CEO Dara…

The federal government puts St. Louis in the top 20 jurisdictions for human trafficking.That ranking, as well as a host of other sobering facts about…

St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley is pushing for more money to combat human trafficking. Dooley asked the St. Louis County Council Tuesday for…

There was a time when Katie Rhoades was sold for sex out of nightclubs, strip clubs, magazines and online websites. She was part of an estimated $45…

Jan. 11 is Human Trafficking Awareness Day, and January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.You may assume that human trafficking…

Updated at bottom on October 22 with bets from the Archdiocese.Updated at 3:30 p.m. to clarify quote about child trafficking.The leaders of the Episcopal…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Drug trafficking is the No. 1 illegal trade in the world, and trafficking in human beings is No. 2.…