human trafficking

This may sound like legislative nonsense. There is a real and very dark reason legislators have chosen to debate this topic.

A Houston man has been sentenced in Shreveport for bringing a minor from Texas to Louisiana and forcing her to engage in prostitution.

With cases out of Shreveport and Baton Rouge, Louisiana is no stranger to the human trafficking industry. The film "8 Days" is being screened in Shreveport to raise awareness of the fight against those who commit these heinous crimes against our young people.

A Texas man arrested earlier this month for his alleged role in human trafficking faces new charges in connection with a west Shreveport shooting.

Nearly a dozen people have been booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on various prostitution charges following an operation by a special task force.

Three people are in jail after an undercover operation targeting human trafficking and prostitution.