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Trump promised a sex-trafficking crackdown. His Justice Department hasn’t delivered.
The Trump administration has repeatedly said the fight against sex trafficking is one of its top priorities. But investigations have stalled and prosecutions declined.
GBMC hosts 11th Annual ‘Walk A Mile in Their Shoes’ fundraiser
On Friday, April 17, the GBMC held the 11th annual Walk A Mile in Their Shoes event, welcoming more than 850 supporters.
Anti-trafficking nonprofit suspends services after alleged breach of contract by Moore admin
A nonprofit serving victims of sex trafficking and domestic abuse has sued the Moore administration, alleging breach of contract.
MD, states sue over new DOJ restrictions on grants for domestic violence victims
Maryland joined a challenge to DOJ rules restricting federal grant funds for legal aid to domestic violence and sexual assault victims.
Frosh seeks justices’ help in placing offender on sex registry
Maryland’s attorney general is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn the state high court’s decision that being placed on the sex offender registry is “punishment” that a […]
Md. hospitals at the front lines of human trafficking response
Maryland’s hospitals are often one of the first places human trafficking victims can turn to for help, and the hospitals are adapting new guidelines this month to help them identify […]
MVLS receives $25K grant to help human trafficking victims
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service announced Monday that it has received a $25,000 grant from the Venable Foundation to assist with the nonprofit‘s Human Trafficking Prevention Project. This is the second […]
High court weighs when convict’s name goes on sex offender registry
ANNAPOLIS — Attorneys for a convicted human trafficker and for the state grappled at Maryland’s top court Friday with whether a person’s name can be placed on the state’s Sex […]
Frosh announces indictments in human trafficking investigation
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh is indicting two individuals charged with human trafficking. Valdez Lawrence, of Baltimore, and Mary Carr, of Dundalk, allegedly forced women to engage in sexual […]
Md. bill passes allowing prosecutors to vacate ‘unjust’ convictions
Though some “second chance” legislation failed to pass the General Assembly in 2019 despite years of pushes from advocates, a bill to provide a tool to prosecutors to vacate past unjust […]
Human trafficking survivors, advocates seek expansion of vacatur law
Human trafficking survivors and advocates say the law allowing survivors to have their prostitution convictions vacated must be expanded to include other crimes to close a gap in the justice […]
Human trafficking claim against Bethesda couple proceeds toward trial
An impoverished Indian woman brought to the United States to be a Bethesda couple’s housekeeper and nanny can proceed toward trial on her claim that her seeming benefactors essentially kept her enslaved for the next 15 years, a federal judge ruled Monday.
