ANNAPOLIS — Advocates returned to the State House on Thursday to renew their push to change a law allowing individuals as young as 15 to be married in Maryland, but civil and women’s rights groups echoed objections from the 2017 ...

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SALISBURY — Four women who say they were forced into prostitution are suing the owners of a Maryland hotel, arguing that staff knew or should have known that human trafficking was going on there. The Daily Times of Salisbury reports the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday pledged at least $1 million in grants to help groups that serve victims of sexual assault and human trafficking in Baltimore after the Justice Department found the police department’s responses to sexual ...

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Three people have been indicted in a human trafficking case in Maryland. Attorney General Brian Frosh announced the indictment Tuesday against three people in an enterprise that recruited victims throughout Maryland. Two victims were teenagers from other states, including New ...

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OCEAN CITY — Authorities have arrested nine people in a human trafficking and prostitution bust at Ocean City hotels. The Ocean City Police Department said in a news release that a collaborative investigation between the police department and Homeland Security ...

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ELLICOTT CITY — Howard County Police say they have charged a California man with trafficking two young women from Arkansas for prostitution. The department said in a news release that officers were called for a domestic violence incident in Ellicott ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — A man arrested in connection with a sex trafficking ring involving a 16-year-old girl has told authorities that he is a Prince George’s County school bus driver. WJLA-TV reports that 36-year-old Raleigh McClam of Upper Marlboro, and ...

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Survivors of sex trafficking who have criminal convictions on their records often struggle to find jobs and housing, with the stigma of their involvement in the commercial sex trade — even against their will — barring their ability to move ...

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Nick Cienski had spent more than a decade participating in extreme sports, traveling across the world on climbing, skiing and snowboarding adventures. So when he decided to change the world, he returned to his roots and went back to the ...

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The Baltimore County Commission for Women was recently honored by the nonprofit organization Samaritan Women as Maryland Abolitionists of the Year for its efforts to raise awareness about human trafficking in the state. The commission was cited for its “Power ...

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