sex trafficking

A Boston man is facing federal charges in an alleged sex trafficking operation, accused of victimizing a young woman and a 17-year-old girl. U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins of Massachusetts announced Friday that 30-year-old Leon Blount had been charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, as well as three counts of transporting a minor with intent to engage...

The founder of San Diego-based website GirlsDoPorn.com, who had been on the lam for the past three years while facing federal sex trafficking charges, was arrested this week in Spain, the FBI announced Friday.

Iowa authorities say an 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who pleaded guilty to killing a man she said raped her escaped from a women’s center where she was serving her probation sentence.

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…

R. Kelly has returned to the federal jail in downtown Chicago ahead of his trial on child pornography and obstruction-of-justice charges, just two weeks after the disgraced R&B star was sentenced in New York to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking.

R&B star R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse. The singer and songwriter, 55, was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking last year at a trial that gave voice to accusers who had once wondered if their stories were being…

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…

Prince Andrew settled out of court Tuesday with a woman who claimed she was 17 years old when the royal sexually abused her.

Ahead of Super Bowl LVI between the LA Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals, NBCLX political editor Noah Pransky breaks down common myths about the Super Bowl. No, it’s not the major sex trafficking event, and no, it’s not a gold mine for host cities.

Heard the claims that the Super Bowl is the most watched sporting event in the world? It’s not. What about how Americans consume more food on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year? They don’t. Turns out, there are a lot of things said about the Super Bowl that aren’t true. Let’s break down three of...

The judge who oversaw the federal sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell says she wants to hear from both the prosecution and defense after the latter attorneys said they’d seek a new trial based on statements made by now two jurors who say they were sexually abused and some of their experiences came up at deliberations.

Ghislaine Maxwell, former British socialite and close associate of Jeffrey Epstein, was found guilty on Wednesday on five charges related to the sex trafficking and abuse of teenage girls.

A man was arrested on child sex trafficking charges Wednesday, police said, after investigators discovered he’d allegedly extorted sexual material from two children from East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Nicholas Cristoforo, a 26-year-old from Wellesley, was arrested Wednesday night by East Bridgewater police on three counts of trafficking a children, three counts of enticing a child for trafficking and a charge...

Apollo Carreon Quiboloy is accused of abusing women and underage girls who allegedly faced threats of abuse and “eternal damnation” unless they catered to him.

After R&B star R. Kelly was found guilty of nine federal counts of racketeering and sex trafficking, attorney Gloria Allred, who represented several of Kelly’s victims, spoke out about the heinous nature of his crimes, including knowingly spreading genital herpes and using child pornography to blackmail his victims into compliance.

A jury found R&B star R. Kelly guilty on Monday on all counts of racketeering and sex trafficking.

The jury of seven men and five women started to deliberate the 54-year-old singer’s case on Friday.