The discovery took place during a routine inspection.

Neither the boat nor its occupants have been found.

According to the complaint, Morales had a daughter with a 15-year-old girl when he was 57

Two teenagers were arrested for holding four Jordanian migrants captive in Juarez. Investigations suggest they may have been detained by smugglers.

A new passport was issued to a convicted human smuggler allegedly connected to several migrant deaths, despite a court order barring him from applying for one.

Filipino authorities transferred an accused child rapist to a children's hospital in in Quezon City in order to administer medical tests requiring special equipment, officials say.

Stricter U.S. policies may push more migrants toward dangerous crossings, fueling organized crime and growing demand for cross-border human trafficking networks.

An 11-year-old girl in Boulder, Colorado, escaped a kidnapping attempt by hitting her assailant with a tree branch in self-defense, according to law enforcement.

An Orlando man was arrested and charged with multiple counts of human trafficking and racketeering after multiple women revealed that he demanded sexual favors in exchange for freedom from imprisonment, officials say.

Some victims reported that they initially worked as waitresses before being forced into sex work under the threat of violence.

A BBC investigation that a gang of Czech traffickers exploited 16 vulnerable victims, forcing them to work for years at a McDonald's and a bakery in the UK.

The trafficker coerced the victims to commit commercial sex acts with extreme physical violence, authorities revealed.

A Floridian youth basketball coach has been arrested and taken into custody after reportedly abusing children who he then tried to buy from parents.

Owner agrees to shut down multiple establishments following investigation into illicit activities and human trafficking.

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said she hopes the results of "Operation Disruption" will send a powerful message to organized crime members.

The decision was made after allegations from French authorities

It had arrived from Dubai and there was an anonymous tip-off that it was carrying potential victims of human trafficking.

Alongside his brother Tristan and two associates, he is facing charges related to these offenses. All defendants have denied the accusations.

The FBI's Operation Cross Country, which targets the victims of child sex and human trafficking schemes, was reported on Monday to have rescued over 121 children and 141 adults during a recent two week period.

[Hold for Rhick] Two men were arrested on Monday due to their relation to a human trafficking incident inside of a truck in Texas that ended up killing 51 migrants.

Eight people have been charged for their involvement with the kidnapping and attempted trafficking of a 15-year-old, who was abducted by them during a Dallas Mavericks game.

Jean-Luc Brunel, a former modeling mogul who was linked to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, was found dead inside his prison cell on Saturday after what authorities are calling a suicide.

Rutledge Deas IV from Louisiana has been arrested and charged with human trafficking after he was discovered to have been scamming babysitters into changing his diapers in an attempt to fulfill a fetish.

A sex trafficking survivor claims that even cops had sexually abused her after leaving Costa Rica for the United States to work as an "escort" in 2010. 

Police have rescued a 15-year-old girl from Rajasthan after she was reportedly abducted and sold off for marriage for 60,000 rupees (US$800).

Police have launched a manhunt for a man and his son after the duo was accused of raping a woman and then trying to sell her.

An alleged Killeen, Texas pimp has been seized by law enforcement on June 1 after he drove a 14-year-old girl from Central Texas to Arlington to prostitute for him, promising the teen she would profiteer from the illicit activity. 

A Santa Clara County, California tech businessman and his wife will be tried on human trafficking charges after they allegedly operated a multi-million dollar international network of South Bay brothels, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office on Friday.

A mother who allegedly sold her 13-year-old daughter with Down syndrome and her 15-year-old son for sexual exploitation has been arrested along with the two shopkeepers to who she sold them.

About 200 marginalized Indian construction workers were reportedly coerced to build a New Jersey temple on long work hours and unfair wage rate since 2012.