The Latest Breaking News from Trafficking

Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison earlier in the year

RB singer R. Kelly, who was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison following his sex trafficking conviction, was removed from suicide watch on Tuesday morning at the Brooklyn jail where he is being held, federal prosecutors said.

Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison and slapped with a $750,000 (£615,000) fine for sex trafficking on Tuesday.

The first of its kind agreement focusses on joint efforts on intelligence gathering and sharing; legal and witness protection; and rehabilitation and care for survivors. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a controversial bill to repeal a provision of state law that bans loitering for the intent to sell sex — a proposal that deeply divided Democrats in the Legislature and pitted transgender rights activists against advocates to stop human trafficking.

NEW YORK — R. Kelly has been placed on suicide watch at Brooklyn’s federal jail following his 30-year sentence for sex trafficking — and his lawyer says the disgraced R&B star has no business being there.

The disgraced R&B singer’s legal team says he’s not suicidal, but was put on watch for ‘punitive reasons’

Colombia on Friday extradited to the United States a sister of accused major drug cartel leader Dairo Antonio Usaga, known as Otoniel, to face drug trafficking charges, the national police said.

Prosecutors had called 25 years behind bars in order to ‘protect the public’