sex trafficking

Federal authorities on Tuesday raided an upstate New York residence connected to a secretive group accused of coercing female followers into having sex with its leader and getting branded with his initials.

The New York Police Department says officers have rescued two teenage girls from upstate New York who were being held by alleged sex traffickers in a Brooklyn house.

SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a case filed by three sex trafficking victims who say the website Backpage.com helps promote the exploitation of children.

A Rochester man is being charged with sex trafficking following an investigation by multiple police agencies.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — A 32-year-old upstate New York man has pleaded guilty in federal court to sex trafficking of a child.