During my time as Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg, I have quickly come to realize that the problem of human trafficking ...

As Pope Leo XIV noted: “…no one is exempted from striving to ensure respect for the dignity of every person, especially the ...

The Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General’s new Human Trafficking Section, with a small staff of agents and attorneys, has about 100 open human trafficking investigations or referred cases at any ...

Pennsylvania law provides people arrested for prostitution or related offenses with the ability to offer the defense that he or she engaged in the conduct as a result of coercion or threat. Anti-human ...

Two women who ran a profitable network of illicit massage parlors from New York to Virginia through Central Pennsylvania have ...

Yan Qui and Zigui Zheng were convicted of human trafficking offenses on June 6, the result of a 2023 sting operation called ...

Certainly, human trafficking afflicts humanity throughout America and the world, and it must take on a greater concern for us here in Pennsylvania. In just the Harrisburg Diocesan territory alone ...

Joseph Sweeney and his wife founded The Asservo Project, based in Moon Township, which includes speaking to thousands of kids each year. Sweeney shares advice for kids and teens, as well as their ...

Two women involved in a human trafficking organization run through Central PA massage parlors have been found guilty on ...

A man suspected of being connected to the disappearance of a Pennsylvania teenager is ... was arrested June 2 on a first-degree felony human trafficking charge and jailed in lieu of a $5 million ...

The defendants were among those charged in September 2023 as part of Operation Closed2Trafficking, an investigation targeting human trafficking violations at massage parlors in Pennsylvania.