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• Man apprehended with runaway juvenile; charged with rape, human trafficking

  July 7, 2020 9:47 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Investigators with the Baton Rouge Police Department followed up on the whereabouts of a runaway juvenile out of Jefferson Parish and discovered the girl appeared to have been the victim of human trafficking at the hands of an alleged rapist. According to a police document, on... more »

• Police arrest man on charges of rape and human trafficking

  January 13, 2020 2:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Authorities with the Baton Rouge Police Department were summoned to Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Sunday afternoon to apprehend a man who was accused of rape and human trafficking. According to a police report, 50-year-old Antonio Varise accompanied his significant other to the hospital and... more »

• Baton Rouge motel ordinance fights human trafficking Play Video

  January 24, 2018 11:39 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The metro council passed an ordinance Wednesday night effectively requiring motels and hotels in the parish to be vigilant against human traffickers at their establishments. "We want to make them safe for our guests to our city as well as the people who live around the... more »

• Four arrested on human trafficking charges after year-long investigation

  September 30, 2016 5:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations – Special Victims Unit arrested four people following a year-long human trafficking investigation. In Aug. 2015, State Police rescued a victim where two suspects were arrested, however further investigation lead to four additional suspects being arrested and charged. By... more »

• NEW DETAILS: Woman may have been kept in outdoor cage since October Play Video

  July 7, 2016 4:17 PM

  AMITE – The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office released new information about a disturbing human trafficking case that resulted in the arrest of five people. On June 30, Tangipahoa Sheriff's Office investigators executed a search warrant at a home on Rushing Lane in Amite after receiving a complaint that the... more »

• Woman sentenced to 16 years in sex trafficking case

  June 30, 2016 3:57 PM

  BATON ROUGE – U.S. Attorneys say a Baton Rouge woman was sentenced to 16 years in prison for trafficking a minor for sex. Last year, a federal grand jury indicted 37-year-old Kellie M. Dominique with sex trafficking of a minor, attempted sex trafficking of a minor, obstruction of justice... more »

• 15-year-old girl rescued during human trafficking bust

  June 22, 2016 2:09 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Three people were arrested and a 15-year-old girl was rescued when East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office deputies busted a human trafficking operation. On June 21 detectives located the girl during the course of an undercover operation with a woman, identified as 22-year-old Jennifer Anselmo, and a man,... more »

• 2 suspects arrested and 2 victims rescued from human trafficking ring

  April 12, 2016 3:28 PM

  HAMMOND- The Hammond Police Department Street Crimes Unit along with the Department of Homeland Security BEST/HIDTA rescued two females victims and arrested two suspects for human trafficking. The two entities began an investigation of a possible human trafficking organization operating in the Hammond area in late February. Officers identified the... more »