The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) has revoked licenses and issued suspensions and penalties to dozens ...

Complaints about high school girls being harassed by men led to a successful undercover sting near schools and daycares, Pct.

With the 2nd special session underway, a bill aimed at protecting human trafficking victims from prosecution is being discussed again. This time with a lot more support than in years past, after it ...

Paradise Massage Center, operated by Byung Eui Son at 3509 Williams Road in Fort Worth, has been closed by the state, and its ...

DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) – On any given night in Dallas, 400 girls are trafficked on the streets according to New Friends New Life, a North Texas human trafficking advocacy group.

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According to the U.S. State Department, between 14,500 and 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States each year, with nearly one in five victims of human trafficking traveling through Texas.

Now, with the introduction of the Texas Human Trafficking Data Repository bill (HB 2318), authored by State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, one of the authors of this essay, Texas has the ...

NORTH TEXAS — A North Texas human trafficking victim said she is stronger than ever after coming face to face with her heroes. "I'm a mixture of excited and nervous," said 18-year-old Natalee ...

During his first year in office, he created the “Human Trafficking Task Force,” according to his official biography posted on his office’s website. Field operations for the unit are managed ...

The new law came together after the Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Task Force, a group formed by the state Legislature in 2009, presented its recommendations, the Houston Chronicle reported.

In an interview with The Texas Tribune, Kim Grabert, the state's first director of human trafficking prevention, discussed how the state plans to recover and rehabilitate runaway youth who are ...