The Department of Homeland Security states that human trafficking threatens our physical and virtual borders, our immigration and customs systems, our prosperity, our national security, and our personal and public safety. For this reason, the Department of Homeland Security has declared it a national priority to end human trafficking. In this episode, America’s Hope is…
Ending Human Trafficking: A National Priority | America’s Hope (July 21)
July 20, 2023
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Prosecutors Urge Appeals Court to Uphold Ghislaine Maxwell’s Conviction
The U.S. government has urged an appeals court to uphold the conviction and 20-year prison sentence of Ghislaine Maxwell, the onetime girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, who was found guilty of helping the disgraced late billionaire financier sexually abuse teenage girls and women. In a filing with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan…
Website Teaches Women and Minors How to Get Around Laws Restricting Abortion
June 1, 2023
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As many states across the nation restrict access to abortion, pro-abortion activists are using the internet to coach women and minors on how to dodge new laws. A website called Abortion Finder provides a guide on getting to states that allow the practice, but critics call the website “radical” and “disgusting.” “I think the best…
Sex Traffickers Using TikTok to Lure Children, Youth Therapist Warns
April 3, 2023
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TikTok may be providing opportunities for sex traffickers to groom children, a youth therapist has warned. Dr. Katie Guinn has spent the last 10 years providing in-home family therapy to young people and their families in the Acadiana region of Louisiana. She is the regional director of The Center for Children and Families, a nonprofit…
Barclays Calls Allegations Against Former CEO Staley ‘Serious and New’
LONDON—Barclays has said recent allegations against its former Chief Executive Jes Staley are “serious and new”, after U.S. lawsuits alleged he had a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and alleged involvement in his sex-trafficking operation. The British bank said in a notice ahead of its annual general meeting scheduled for May 3 that it had…
California’s Sex Trafficking Bill Blocked in Committee
March 27, 2023
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A bill that would have reclassified sex trafficking as a violent felony in California was blocked by the Legislature’s Assembly Committee on Public Safety March 14. Six Democratic Assembly members voted against Assembly Bill 229 authored by Joe Patterson (R-Rocklin). The measure would have expanded the Three Strikes Law—a state law passed in 1994 that…
JPMorgan Sues Former Executive Over Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
March 10, 2023
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JPMorgan Chase is suing one of its former executives, Jes Staley, over his ties to the late financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, who died mysteriously while in prison in an alleged suicide, in 2019. In late 2022, a female plaintiff filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan, accusing Staley, who was employed there from 1979 to 2013, of allegedly…
DOJ Dropping Sex Trafficking Investigation Into Rep. Matt Gaetz, Lawyers Say
The U.S. Department of Justice has decided to close down a sex trafficking probe involving Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), according to his lawyers, ending the case without filing any charges against the congressman. “We have just spoken with the DOJ and have been informed that they have concluded their investigation into Congressman Gaetz and allegations…
46 Men Arrested in North Texas Undercover Sex Trafficking Sting
January 25, 2023
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Forty-six men were arrested in connection with a massive undercover sex-trafficking sting operation in two affluent North Texas suburbs. A youth pastor, a high school football coach, a professional hockey player, and a director of operations for a large hospital network were among the men arrested at upscale hotels in Frisco and Southlake on Jan….
Fugitive on FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List Arrested in Spain
Michael James Pratt, a fugitive charged with multiple counts, including sex trafficking and child pornography, has been arrested in Spain, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced. Pratt, originally from Christchurch, New Zealand, had been a fugitive since 2019, having allegedly fled the country amid a civil trial in San Diego. The 40-year-old is charged in a 19-count…
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