human trafficking

A New Bedford man is charged by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office following accusations that he underpaid and overworked a Brazilian couple and threatened them at gunpoint. 38-year-old Donny Sousa is charged with human trafficking, larceny, assault, and wage theft after being indicted last week by a Bristol County Grand Jury...

Eleven men were arrested in Seekonk in connection with a human trafficking investigation.

Concerns that casinos could lead to greater criminal activity led Massachusetts' top prosecutor to urge the state's gambling overseers to come up with regulations combating money laundering, human trafficking and other illicit activities...

  A Massachusetts man who served a prison sentence for coercing a teenager to prostitution is facing new charges including human trafficking along the East coast. Attorney General Martha Coakley said 31-year-old Ryan Duntin of Randolph was indicted Tuesday by a statewide grand jury on charges that also include rape, deriving support from prostitution and failing to register as a sex offender. ...

State and federal authorities say they have arrested the co-owners of two Boston-area massage parlors as part of an investigation into human trafficking and prostitution.