‘This is the change we’ve longed for’: US’ 1st help center for Thai workers opens in LA

The United States’ first help center for Thai migrant workers has opened in Los Angeles.  About the help center: On Wednesday, the Thai Comm...

Florida traffic stop of 2 California women ends in huge marijuana bust

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to correctly describe the Toyota Sienna as a minivan. The previous version of this story ...

Mother of woman who made up story about Asian grooming gang is accused of not returning donation money

Allison Johnston, a now-suspended Labor Party member on Barrow Borough Council, has yet to return the money donated to her daughter Eleanor ...

‘Asia’s El Chapo’: Alleged leader of multibillion-dollar drug cartel extradited to Australia

Tse Chi Lop, 59, dubbed as “Asia’s El Chapo,” has been extradited from the Netherlands to Australia after a nearly two-year legal battle ag...

Human Traffickers Get 17 Years in Jail for Smuggling 29 Vietnamese in a Yacht to the UK

Four men were sentenced to a total of about 17 years for smuggling Vietnamese nationals — including children — in a yacht to the U.K. last A...

Nail Salon Owners Jailed For Forcing Young Vietnamese Women in the U.K. into Slavery

Three Vietnamese individuals in the Birmingham area in England are facing a total jail time of nine years for their involvement in a sophist...

California Luxury Resort Accused of Trafficking and Exploiting Asian Workers

Editor’s Note: This article has been changed to clarify that a complaint was filed against Terranea Resort with the U.S. State Departm...

Indonesian Woman Sold as Sex Slave in the U.S. Awarded For Helping Fellow Survivors

Shandra Woworunti, an Indonesian woman who survived a nightmarish life as a sex slave in the United States, was recently honored not only fo...

Two Asian Women Kicked Off Delta Flight After Being Mistaken for Human Trafficking Victims

An Asian American woman from Georgia claims that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers detained her for more than an hour because they...

Taiwanese Man Caught at Airport in Vietnam Carrying 79 Handguns and NATO Uniforms

Airport authorities in Vietnam apprehended a Taiwanese man who tried to board a plane while carrying multiple military weapons. Currently d...

Filipina Helper’s Death in China Sparks Human-Trafficking Investigation

A Filipina domestic helper’s death in Hong Kong is currently under investigation by local authorities as a possible “case of human-trafficki...

Florida Man Allegedly Adopts 12-Year-Old Filipino Girl for Sex

A businessman in Florida is currently being detained in Seminole County on allegations of turning his ex-wife’s 12-year-old girl adoptee fro...

Chinese Couple Sells Their Newborn Baby for $9,000 Online

A couple in China has managed to make at least 60,000 yuan (about $9,000) right at the comforts of their home by selling their newborn baby ...

New Documentary Exposes the World of Sex Trafficking and Prostitution in South Korea

In South Korea, where more than half of Korean men are reported to have paid for sex at least once in their life, prostitution remains rampa...

Two Arrested For Trafficking 16 Chinese Women From China to Work as Prostitutes

Police have arrested Ling Yu in New York and Hang Zheng in Austin, Texas after the two were accused of trafficking at least 16 women from Ch...

Asian-run ‘Uber of Sex Trafficking’ Crime Ring Busted in California, Minnesota

A criminal organization, which prosecutors call “the Uber of sex trafficking”, is now facing charges after authorities uncovered its operati...