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Three people have been arrested on sex trafficking charges for allegedly coercing five women into prostitution throughout New England and in New York and New Jersey, federal officials said Friday. The trio were arrested Wednesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts, over allegations dating back to 2012-2016. Jermall Anderson, Jennifer Fortier and Latasha Anderson are accused of...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed into law a bill that partially decriminalizes prostitution, with supporters saying the measure protects the most vulnerable while still targeting those who exploit them.

Prostitution would be decriminalized in Massachusetts under bills discussed before the Judiciary Committee this week, though there is a deep divide among sex workers and activists about how far that decriminalization should go. Two bills filed this session would decriminalize prostitution. One, however, would only repeal criminal penalties that apply to prostitutes themselves, leaving those who sell and purchase sex…

A Rhode Island man who authorities say forced multiple women with drug dependencies into prostitution and used violence and starvation to control them has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Ronald Hall, 48, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, used force, threats and coercion to traffic five victims in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Florida and Nevada from…

The anesthesiologist charged with attempted sex trafficking of a child in federal court this week has been fired by Tufts Medical Center, the Boston hospital said Friday. Sadeq Ali Quraishi was arrested Wednesday after exchanging money with an undercover federal officer for what he thought would be sex with a teenage girl, authorities say. The doctor’s lawyers say he...

A doctor with Tufts Medical Center is facing serious charges after a child sex trafficking sting.

A Boston doctor who works with children is facing federal charges of child sex trafficking.

A Tufts Medical Center anesthesiologist was arrested Wednesday in a federal child sex trafficking sting, authorities say. Sadeq Ali Quraishi was charged with attempted sex trafficking of a child and ordered held without bail in federal court in Boston Thursday. The charge includes a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison, and could land him there up to life, if…

One man faced a judge this week and 12 other people are also being charged after allegedly offering cash or drugs in exchange for sex in Boston’s Mass. and Cass. area. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday that 43-year-old Andy Morales had been arraigned at the Roxbury division of Boston Municipal Court. He is charged with solicitation...

A Boston man is accused of sex trafficking women out of a tent at Massachusetts Avenue and Melna Cass Boulevard, the troubled area of the city known as Mass and Cass. Jonathan Vaughan, 35, was indicted on three counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, two counts of transportation of an individual for purposes of prostitution and one…