HUMAN TRAFFICKING
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY NEWS Human trafficking and forced slavery
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Two men charged with pimping plead guilty just before trial 
With potential jurors waiting in the next room, two men slated for trial on a human trafficking charge that could have put them in prison for life pleaded guilty at the last minute this morning to a lesser charge in a Grand Forks court.
By Stephen J. Lee , April 15, 2013
Runaway girls focus of fight to curb sex trafficking
Research shows that Minnesota girls who run from their homes are not only more vulnerable to being sold for sex, but also face a higher risk of being raped or sexually abused in other ways. In Ramsey County, police, prosecutors, advocates, and nurses are focusing on runaways as they take on the broader fight against juvenile prostitution.
By Laura Yuen , January 14, 2013
Jason Mraz tops Myanmar anti-trafficking concert
American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz mixed entertainment with education Sunday to become the first world-class entertainer in decades to perform in Myanmar, with a concert to raise awareness of human trafficking.
By Yadana Htun , December 16, 2012
Three plead not guilty to trafficking 17-year-old girl to men in Grand Forks
Three people charged with pimping a 17-year-old girl to several men in Grand Forks in early 2011 pleaded not guilty Wednesday in state district court.
By Stephen J. Lee , November 14, 2012
Grand Forks woman arrested on human-trafficking charge
Amanda Stewart was arrested and made an initial court appearance Wednesday on a charge of human trafficking in state district court in Grand Forks. The daughter of a former police chief, the 22-year-old now awaits a preliminary hearing in Grand Forks County jail, the same jail as the man who shot her father twice in the head when she was only weeks old.
By Stephen J. Lee , August 15, 2012
Former school counselor arrested in prostitution case
A retired high school counselor who lives in Grand Forks and was arrested early Tuesday is the only client charged so far in what prosecutors say was a human-trafficking ring that forced a 17-year-old girl into prostitution.
By Stephen J. Lee , August 14, 2012
Workshop helps victims of violence in Indian country
Dusty J. Morsette recruited minors and young adults to be part of a gang on the Fort Berthold Reservation that he called the Black Disciples — a group recently found to engage in human trafficking. He was convicted in April of using force and coercion to recruit a young woman to become a prostitute performing sex acts on the reservation as well as in Williston and Minot.
By Patrick Springer , July 17, 2012
Fargo man accused of human trafficking
Police arrested a 40-year-old man here on suspicion of human trafficking for allegedly running an online prostitution business.
By Wendy Reuer , May 26, 2012
Hawaii farm supervisor pleads guilty in large human trafficking case
A Hawaii farm supervisor has pleaded guilty to confiscating passports from Thai laborers to prevent them from fleeing in one of the nation's largest human trafficking cases.
By Associated Press , June 15, 2011
How 2 St. Paul cops helped crack alleged sex-trafficking ring
Heather Weyker is a St. Paul police officer who investigates human trafficking, but she's also a mom. "The girls that are 10 and 9 that have their moms pimp them out, or the teenagers -- you just want to give them a big hug and take them home with you," Weyker said.
By Mara H. Gottfried , November 15, 2010
N.D. man pleads not guilty in human trafficking case
A man with ties to the Red River Valley has pleaded not guilty to federal charges in connection with what authorities called the largest human-trafficking case in U.S. history.
By The Forum , September 28, 2010
Human trafficking case has Red River Valley connection
Shane Germann, 41, formerly of Hope and Valley City, N.D., is named as an onsite manager, regional supervisor and security guard for a California-based company whose officials are accused of luring about 400 Thai nationals into forced labor in the United States under threat of financial ruin.
By Kristen M. Daum , September 08, 2010
Man surrenders in Fargo in largest human-trafficking case in U.S. history
Shane Germann, 41, who was an on-site manager for several farms supplied by Global Horizons Manpower Inc., surrendered to the FBI in Fargo on Thursday, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
By Forum and wire reports , September 07, 2010
Touched by North Carolina girl's death, NBA's Shaq pays for funeral
he Fayetteville Observer in North Carolina reported today that the Cleveland Cavaliers player was touched by the case of Shaniya Davis.
By Associated Press , November 26, 2009
12 charged in alleged human trafficking scheme
Twelve people — eight of them from Uzbekistan — are accused in a federal indictment of luring illegal immigrants to the U.S. to work as "modern-day slaves" in 14 states.
By Associated Press , May 27, 2009
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