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Stewart: Standing against human trafficking

3/24/2024
Chandler has joined forces with other cities, police departments and nonprofits across the Valley to take a stand against human trafficking. We’re using state funding that equips police …

More than 150 arrested during human trafficking …

2/14/2024
The City of Scottsdale Police Department announced that 158 people were arrested during a 12-day, multi-agency operation targeting human trafficking in Scottsdale. Between Jan. 23 and Feb. 10, …

City of Chandler earns anti-trafficking designation

12/24/2023
At an early December meeting, the Chandler Council received a city honor. The Arizona Anti-Trafficking Network announced the city has earned a CEASE, or Cities Empowered Against Sexual …

Grant to fight human trafficking accepted by Queen …

11/3/2023
A grant from the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs for equipment and services related to anti-human-trafficking operations in an amount not to exceed $185,500, was approved by the …

Chandler Police human trafficking unit hits 40 arrests …

8/20/2023
When Chandler Police Detective Mike Russo received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Leadership Award, a colleague praised Russo for dealing well with the website Backpage and people …

Casino Arizona properties certified in human …

5/1/2023
Casino Arizona and Talking Stick Resort, enterprises of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, have been awarded with a Safeguarding All From Exploitation (SAFE) Action Project Certification …

Downtown Chandler restaurant event helps trafficking …

4/25/2023
CeCe’s Hope Center is putting on a fundraiser food and drink event Saturday.  The center, which aids victims of human trafficking, is sponsoring the  Underachievers' …

Chandler Police makes 17 arrests in January online …

3/5/2023
The Chandler Police Department conducted a multi-agency operation targeting adult online predators  and  made 17 arrests for a combined 43 sex-related felony crimes. Conducted tfrom Jan. …

Industries rally before Super Bowl to fight human …

2/5/2023
PHOENIX – Alicia Tucker, a survivor of human trafficking and a mother, stood in front of a room full of individuals all fighting for the same thing: eradicating human trafficking. Tucker …

Human trafficking: It’s happening in our backyard

6/23/2022
The issue of human trafficking in Arizona is just as damaging as fentanyl, but far less talked about, one Valley police chief says. “The amount of attention that is garnered around the …

May: Together we can put an end to human trafficking …

1/24/2022
January is human trafficking awareness month. If you have a child or teenager in your life, it is vitally important to understand human trafficking and how it impacts every individual. In 2019, I …

An end to human trafficking, exploitation remains …

1/19/2022
It is an unfortunate fact of life, but law enforcement officials across the Phoenix metropolitan area confirm, modern-day slavery is alive and well here in Arizona and across the United States of …