905 arrested, 180 saved in anti-human trafficking efforts nationwide
From federal and multiagency actions to state initiatives and safe house networks, anti-human trafficking efforts are ongoing nationwide.
During the 2026 FIFA World Cup, when millions of people visited 11 U.S. cities, extensive anti-human trafficking efforts were launched by federal, state and local law enforcement partners.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations led anti-human trafficking operations nationwide. Combined federal, state and local law enforcement efforts resulted in the arrest of 905 suspects and rescue of 180 people, including 30 minors, DHS said.
A major sex trafficking bust was made in Dallas this week stemming from a 2023 HSI Dallas investigation. Eight people were indicted and six were arrested for their alleged role in a sex trafficking and money laundering conspiracy operating out of the Paris Adult Bookstore in Dallas. The eight charged “preyed on their victims and sex trafficked several women and juveniles for their own financial gain under threat of violence, fraud and coercion,” U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould said in a statement.
Another HSI investigation in San Francisco, led to the recent rescue of two female minors who’d been sex trafficked. One had been reported missing in Bakersfield, California, last November who hadn’t been seen since she was rescued this month, DHS said.
During the 2026 FIFA World Cup, when millions of people visited 11 U.S. cities, extensive anti-human trafficking efforts were launched by federal, state and local law enforcement partners.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations led anti-human trafficking operations nationwide. Combined federal, state and local law enforcement efforts resulted in the arrest of 905 suspects and rescue of 180 people, including 30 minors, DHS said.
A major sex trafficking bust was made in Dallas this week stemming from a 2023 HSI Dallas investigation. Eight people were indicted and six were arrested for their alleged role in a sex trafficking and money laundering conspiracy operating out of the Paris Adult Bookstore in Dallas. The eight charged “preyed on their victims and sex trafficked several women and juveniles for their own financial gain under threat of violence, fraud and coercion,” U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Ryan Raybould said in a statement.
Another HSI investigation in San Francisco, led to the recent rescue of two female minors who’d been sex trafficked. One had been reported missing in Bakersfield, California, last November who hadn’t been seen since she was rescued this month, DHS said.
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