Sex Trafficking

On today’s episode of The Confluence: Disinformation and misinformation could play a role in the upcoming November election, what work is being done to combat it; an emergency home is opening in Pittsburgh to offer shelter for victims of sex trafficking; and breaking down the Jan. 6 hearings in the U.S. House Today’s guests include: David Hickton, founding director of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security; Theresa Holden, executive director of Refuge for Women Pittsburgh; David Harris, WESA legal analyst, University of Pittsburgh School of Law professor.

Prosecutors in Pennsylvania have charged dozens of people for human trafficking since a tougher law took effect in 2014. The new law laid out clear…

State legislators touted Pennsylvania’s improvements in anti-human trafficking laws, as Monday marked the 9th annual Human Trafficking Awareness…

Protecting the youngest victims of human trafficking from further trauma is the goal of a bill making its way through Harrisburg. The “Safe Harbor” bill…

East McKeesport's former public works director was convicted in a human trafficking sting on Tuesday.Joseph Clemenic Jr., 44, pleaded guilty to conspiracy…