Teen rescued in human trafficking investigation
A teenage girl has been rescued and a man is behind bars as the result of a human trafficking investigation in Hinds County. A news...
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Hyde-Smith condemns calls to dissolve ICE agency
by Alex Paton
Along with 15 others, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has cosponsored a resolution condemning efforts by congressional Democrats to abolish the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
Man sentenced in Oxford prostitution case
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oxford has announced the sentencing for one of the defendants in a 2017 human trafficking case. 35-year-old Mario Collins, of...
Featured Human trafficking happening in Mississippi
You may not realize it, but human trafficking may be happening around you in Mississippi. Sandy Middleton is the Executive Director for the Center for...
Featured Hattiesburg man convicted for human trafficking of a child
A Hattiesburg man could face life in prison after a conviction for human trafficking. A federal jury in Oxford convicted 31-year-old Raymorris Asencio of Hattiesburg...
Featured Oxford man charged with trafficking of a minor
A traffic stop in Oxford led to an arrest for trafficking. Last week, Oxford officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a switched...
Featured Does Human Trafficking exist in Mississippi?
January is human trafficking prevention month all across the country, and Sandy Middleton, the Executive Director The Center for Violence Prevention, says that Human Trafficking is...
Featured Couple convicted of human trafficking in Oxford
U.S. Attorney William C. Lamar has announced that Mario D. Collins of Memphis, Tennessee and Paulette M. Clayton of Atlanta, Georgia have been convicted on...
Drug investigation leads DEA, Atty General to child pornography bust
by Jared Bounds
Kenneth Paul Rushing, 56, of Morton, and Michael Gene Rushing, 58, of Jackson, were arrested Wednesday afternoon at Wholesale Auto Parts on Gallatin Street in...
Thirteen arrested in Oxford prostitution sting
by Jared Bounds
Over the weekend, the Oxford Police Department arrested 13 people in a prostitution sting. The OPD worked in conjunction with the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office,...