sex trafficking

One of the men charged in the case has been deported.

The 22-year-old Rochester man entered the guilty plea and was sentenced today.

He was accused of forcing a woman he met through Instagram to work as a prostitute.

The "sting" investigation was conducted on Wednesday and Thursday.

Her co-conspirator, Minnesota Republican party operative and donor Anton Lazzaro, is now serving a 21 year prison sentence.

A southern Minnesota man has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for a sex trafficking conviction.

Minnesota authorities say nearly five dozen people are facing charges for sex trafficking following an undercover operation in several Twin Cities communities.

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A former Rochester man has been sentenced to 8 years in prison in a Twin Cities sex-trafficking case.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - Two people from Wisconsin were busted Monday as part of a prostitution sting by the Rochester Police Dept.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis man accused of sex trafficking and producing child pornography of minors has been sentenced to 36 years in prison.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Community leaders have come up with a plan to fight sex trafficking during the Super Bowl in Minneapolis.

The Republican Party of Olmsted County is holding a garage sale to assist a local organization that assists younger victims of sex trafficking.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Twenty-one people have been indicted in what authorities are calling a sophisticated sex-trafficking ring that brought hundreds of women from Thailand to America and forced them to work as prostitutes.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal jury has awarded a Twin Cities woman nearly $1 million in her civil lawsuit against a Minnesota man she says sexually assaulted her when she was 14 and living in Laos.