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House Lawmakers Take A Stab At Funding For Trafficking Victims

Edgar Walters, The Texas Tribune

Posted on April 10, 2017 · A Texas House member's proposal would cut $3 million from Gov. Greg Abbott's homeland security budget and give it to victims of human trafficking.

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Posted on May 24, 2023 · The Houston Police Department last week began putting up nightly barricades on a stretch of Bissonnet Street in Southwest Houston that is known to be a hub for prostitution and human trafficking.

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Woman who ran former Houston bar Puerto Alegre pleads guilty to sex trafficking crimes

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on January 31, 2023 · Maria Dolores Botello-Morales, 56, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, sex trafficking of minors and sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, according to federal court records. Some of her relatives face similar charges.

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A conversation on human and sex trafficking – What are the signs? Why is Houston a main hub?

Lisa Rosborough

Posted on April 13, 2022 · Today, in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we focus on human and sex trafficking, where we talk with local experts and one survivor-turned author and advocate.

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Victims of sex trafficking allegedly trafficked again in state-contracted treatment facility

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Posted on March 11, 2022 · Court documents and an emergency federal hearing shed light on an investigation into a Bastrop-based residential treatment program and allegations from at least eight girls of sex trafficking.

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