human trafficking

This segment of Access Houston welcomes the founder of A Survivor’s Voice of Victory, human trafficking activist and survivor, Dr. Nissi Hamilton. January was National Slavery & Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month and Nissi is talk all about it. She explains the difference between sex trafficking and abduction, what to look for in guys […]

On this segment of Access Houston, KG Smooth welcomes film and television actor and activist Luis Guzman, along with Film director and founder of Real Beauty Real Women, Jacquelyn Aluotto. Today we talk about the documentary on homelessness called “The Nimby Experience” (NIMBY is short for ‘Not in my back yard’). We also talk corporatism, […]

(SUGAR LAND, TX) — Fighting human trafficking: There’s an app for that, thanks to a Sugar Land eighth grader. Mikey Martell, 13, has been writing…

(HOUSTON) — Mayor Annise Parker joins Governor Rick Perry and others in announcing a new anti-human trafficking campaign for Texas. The state is considered one…

(HOUSTON) — A Rosenberg man was arrested in Colorado and accused of transporting 11 Mexican citizens through the state. Dagoberto Avila was pulled over by…

HOUSTON, TX – An overnight bust leads to several arrests in what the FBI calls ”one of the  largest investigations of Houston’s Human Trafficking Task Force.” Get…

Adan Gutierrez-Mendez has been sentenced to ten years in prison for his role in a human smuggling ring. Gutierrez-Mendez 47, was convicted back in April…

On Thursday evening, Harris County deputies in collaboration with the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office raided three massage parlors located in one shopping strip. The…