WASHINGTON — More than 68,000 illegally trafficked firearms in the U.S. came through unlicensed dealers who aren’t required to perform background checks over a five-year period, according to new data ...

Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell returns to the spotlight this week as lawyers launch an appeal over her conviction for sex trafficking in 2021. Maxwell, 62, was sentenced to 20 years ...

Mariana van Zeller investigates underground plastic surgery, from motel-room operations to a deadly revelation about Miami’s discount surgery centers. Mariana sets off on a wild journey through ...

People who are sex trafficked are often branded with names and symbols. Free removal programs are helping them move on. For 17 years, Kathy Givens carried her trafficker’s name on her back — a ...

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. To develop a better understanding of human trafficking—which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security describes as involving the use ...

COVID-19 has meant unprecedented setbacks in the efforts to combat human trafficking. According to a September 2021 report from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 31 million people have been ...