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January is National Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness Month

Jan 07, 2022 at 12:58 pm by WGNS

Human trafficking continues to be a public health concern in Tennessee. Through mid-December 2021, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Human Trafficking Hotline had.... Read More

4-Men from Woodbury, Nashville and Goodlettsville Arrested in Undercover Human Trafficking Operation

Nov 22, 2021 at 07:24 am by WGNS

In nearby Nashville, four men from Woodbury, Nashville and Goodlettsville, TN have been arrested and charged with “Felony Promoting Prostitution.” The arrests occu.... Read More

Human Trafficking Operation ends with Multiple Arrests

Nov 17, 2021 at 09:00 am by WGNS

A two-day undercover operation by special agents with the TBI Human Trafficking Unit, Chattanooga Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, and Tennessee Human Traf.... Read More

Sex Trafficking Arrest - Teen Located at Antioch Motel

Nov 08, 2021 at 07:45 am by WGNS

In Antioch, Special Victims detectives charged 30-year-old Shawnveccheo Swain with trafficking an 18-year-old Nashville high school student for sex. The investigation began a.... Read More

Blackburn, Durbin Introduce Bipartisan Eliminating Limits To Justice For Child Sex Abuse Victims Act

Nov 01, 2021 at 03:00 pm by WGNS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that survivors of child sex abuse a.... Read More

Subject arrested in Middle Tennessee and charged with trafficking for a commercial sex act

Nov 01, 2021 at 07:24 am by WGNS

Acting on information from the FBI, Metro Nashville Police Special Victims detectives arrested Charles E. Woods for allegedly trafficking two underage girls who ran away from.... Read More

15 Men Charged in Undercover Sex Trafficking Operation

Oct 11, 2021 at 09:39 am by WGNS

Metro Nashville Police report that a two-day undercover operation on Wednesday & Thursday by Human Trafficking detectives, with the assistance of the TBI and Homeland Secu.... Read More

TENNESSEE: The Red Sand Project to Focus on Human Trafficking

Jul 20, 2021 at 02:11 pm by WGNS

The Tennessee Department of Health and community partners across the state join together for the third consecutive year to participate in the Red Sand Project during Human Tra.... Read More

18-Men Arrested in TBI Human Trafficking Operation

Jul 12, 2021 at 07:38 am by WGNS

A two-day undercover operation by special agents with the TBI Human Trafficking Unit and several other law enforcement agencies has resulted in the arrest of eighteen men accu.... Read More

UPDATE: New laws combatting human trafficking and aiding victims of domestic abuse and rape went into effect this past week

Jul 05, 2021 at 11:15 am by WGNS

UPDATE: Major legislation combatting human trafficking and strengthening protections for victims of rape and domestic violence are among 203 new laws that became effective lat.... Read More

3 of 17 Men Arrested in Undercover Sex Trafficking Operation from Rutherford County

Jun 28, 2021 at 02:06 pm by WGNS

Three Rutherford County men have been arrested during a two day undercover operation by Metro Nashville Police - Human Trafficking detectives.  The TBI and Home.... Read More

TBI Warns of Phone Scheme Involving Tennessee Human Trafficking Hotline Phone Number

Jun 15, 2021 at 09:29 pm by WGNS

There is another new scam that is taking place in Tennessee. This time, con-artist have stooped so low that they are using the sad, yet very real topic of human trafficking to.... Read More

UPDATE to 2019 TBI Human Trafficking Sting that Unfolded in Rutherford County

Jun 10, 2021 at 02:57 pm by WGNS

  WGNS NEWS has an update to a story that first hit the airwaves in 2019 that involved human trafficking and multiple arrests made by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigati.... Read More

Human and sex trafficking training for those in the grooming and beauty industry and more from the Murfreesboro Police Department (Video)

Jun 04, 2021 at 12:17 pm by WGNS

NASHVILLE: Man Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Massage Clients Jailed for Practicing without a License

Apr 14, 2021 at 10:38 am by WGNS

Special Victims Division Human Trafficking Detectives today charged 33-year-old Tarek Mentouri with felony impersonation of a licensed professional.Mentouri’s massage li.... Read More

Man Facing "Trafficking of Sexual Servitude" Charge in Murfreesboro

Mar 25, 2021 at 03:17 pm by WGNS

A man from Greeneville, Mississippi will soon face the courts in Rutherford County for human trafficking charges.On September 28, 2020, Gerald Bell was arrested after a warran.... Read More

Another Human Trafficking Operation ends with Five Arrests in Tennessee

Mar 09, 2021 at 06:30 am by WGNS

Another Human Trafficking case has closed with several arrests in Tennessee. The undercover operation headed by the TBI Human Trafficking Unit, resulted in the arres.... Read More

Secretary of State Launches Protect Your Address. Protect Yourself. Campaign for National Stalking Awareness and Human Trafficking Prevention Months

Jan 04, 2021 at 10:23 am by WGNS

In time for National Stalking Awareness Month and National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, which are recognized each January, the Secretary of State’s of.... Read More

Memphis Couple Arrested at a Nashville Motel for Sex Trafficking a 15-Year-Old Runaway Girl

Dec 23, 2020 at 11:16 am by WGNS

A joint investigation between detectives assigned to the MNPD’s newly created Special Victims Division and TBI agents led to Monday night’s arrest of a Memphis cou.... Read More

Over One Dozen Arrests in TBI Human Trafficking Operation

Dec 13, 2020 at 11:01 am by WGNS

CHATTANOOGA – A two-day undercover operation by Special Agents with the TBI Human Trafficking Unit and Task Force, the Chattanooga Police Department, and Homeland S.... Read More