The FBI is warning sports leagues about crime organizations targeting professional athletes following a string of burglaries at the homes of prominent NFL and NBA players. The athletes’ homes are targeted due to the perception…

JOPLIN — Trials are in the works for a pair of defendants charged with separate incidents of trafficking stolen identities.  Both waived preliminary hearings Thursday, the Joplin Globe reported. Frederick E. Phillips, 36, will stand…

While most consider human trafficking an issue in far away lands, evidence suggests — and has for some time — that Kansans must be vigilant in fighting it as well, notes Jennifer Montgomery. Montgomery is…

According to Russ Tuttle, founder of the Stop Trafficking Project, the technology we give our children to keep them safe, can also lead them to some very dark places. Tuttle, who is visiting schools in…

LONDON (AP) — All 39 people found dead in a refrigerated container truck near an English port were Chinese citizens, British police confirmed today as they investigated one of the country’s deadliest cases of people…

TOPEKA — Local and federal law enforcement authorities Wednesday announced the indictment of 54 people in a drug-trafficking ring in Manhattan. That ring, with suppliers tracked back to Chicago, was responsible for distributing heroin, fentanyl,…