State Representative and advocates write in favor of a bill that would establish a human trafficking data repository, ...

In 2023, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) gained the authority to issue emergency orders to halt the operation of any massage establishment if human trafficking is suspected.

a sergeant with the Kern County Sheriff's Office and a volunteer co-director of the Kern Coalition Against Human Trafficking, said he's been studying and working in the trenches to combat human ...