Posted on · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: A Texas Congressman explains the benefits of a new human trafficking bill. Then, our local experts analyze the latest political news. Our group of local food writers discusses the best places for low-carb dining in Greater Houston. And we remember the lost restaurants from Houston's past.
Posted on · 23 schools in Harris County may be near massage parlors offering sexual services
Posted on · The #FightForUs movement to stop child youth sex trafficking - Ignited by human trafficking survivors, non-profit leaders, business professionals, parents and concerned citizens
Posted on · Many seafood lovers use the Monterey Bay Aquarium's ratings to choose sustainable fish. Now it has rolled out a tool to help corporations assess the risk of human trafficking in seafood supply chains
Posted on · The multiple defendants include highly recognizable names of the hospitality industry
Posted on · Almost half of them are located in Houston, according to research from the group Polaris
Posted on · 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 sold for sex.
Posted on · A professor involved in the research says it’s an understudied part of the city’s hidden sex economy.
Posted on · We learn about Brandon Martinez, a 16-year-old who survived last month's deadly human smuggling incident in San Antonio.
Posted on · A truck driver is now facing charges after 10 people die inside a hot truck found in San Antonio. Experts say it's difficult to know exactly how many undocumented immigrants are being brought into Texas under dangerous circumstances.
Posted on · Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas, about the migrants who were found dead in a truck in a Walmart parking lot. He says human smuggling and trafficking is a big problem.
Posted on · "It's like any other business: the more they move, the more profit they make," said Thomas Homan, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Posted on · The latest on the deaths of 10 people whose bodies were found in a broiling tractor-trailer in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas.
Posted on · Amid the deaths of nine people in San Antonio, state and federal officials used social media and formal statements to tout a new anti-"sanctuary city" law, human trafficking legislation and U.S.-Mexico border security.
Posted on · The Latest on the deaths of 10 people whose bodies were found in a broiling tractor-trailer in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas