The mother of a year-old girl who was allegedly beaten and strangled by a man she met on Backpage. More than people were arrested in Cook County during a month-long sting aimed at reducing sex trafficking. Police say you can help them fight sex trafficking with technology on your smart phone. Samuel Nichols, aka "Buck"; and Charles Fears, aka "Kash", were charged Friday with one count each of engaging in sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, according to the U.
Attorney's office. A Broadview man has been charged with prostituting a missing girl, the Cook County sheriff's office said.
Dajuan Brown, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated trafficking in persons for forced labor or services, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office. The Cook County Sheriff's Police told them they were coming.
The agency took an ad out on Backpage. Ferid Mahalbasic, 18, of Waterloo, Iowa, is charged with involuntary servitude of a minor and involuntary servitude, according to the Cook County state's attorney's office. District Judge Philip Simon issued the sentence last week for Nathan Huey-Dingle, 32, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to three counts related to sex trafficking his victim and another prostitute. Authorities announced Monday that four people from Chicago were arrested in a nationwide operation targeting child sex traffickers.
Although numbers are vague, the crime of human trafficking presents a real challenge to law enforcement and welfare agencies, who have teamed up to try to raise awareness of troubled children who end up being manipulated or forced into prostitution. It could happen in your neighborhood, on your street. Young girls are being lured from their homes and forced into prostitution. CBS 2's Pamela Jones spoke with a year-old girl who escaped that life and now has a warning for other kids.
