A Morgantown man accused of not updating his sex offender registration and then traveling to Mexico to allegedly purchase a 7-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to failing […]
Tag: human trafficking
House of Delegates passes human smuggling bill; Senate moves school truancy and gestational surrogacy bills
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed a human smuggling bill on Monday, but opponents objected that it places trafficking and smuggling on the same level and […]
House moonshine bill squeaks by with 1-vote margin; pro-Israel and permitting reform resolutions draw wide support
MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates was unified on a list of bills and resolutions on Wednesday, except one promoting moonshine. The booze bill passed by just […]
Damage Epstein did confronts us anew
by Robin Abcarian I could happily live the rest of my life without being reminded of Jeffrey Epstein, his years-long exploitation of young women or the many […]
Morgantown couple arrested in Mexico ‘attempting to purchase’ a young child
A Morgantown man is facing federal charges after allegedly failing to update his sex offender registration with West Virginia State Police before traveling to Mexico with his […]
The who and how of human trafficking
Human trafficking is a crime that is said to be “hidden in plain sight.” Often equated to modern-day slavery, there are many ways humans are trafficked. The […]
House aides-to-teachers bill and PFAS protection bill head to Senate, but with some GOP dissent
MORGANTOWN — It’s been clear this session that the House Republican supermajority doesn’t walk in lockstep, and that was evidenced in two bills passed on Friday and […]
Fake link between Super Bowl and human trafficking
One of the more entrenched Super Bowl traditions is the reminder that the annual NFL championship game is linked to a spike in human trafficking. The statement […]
The British monarchy’s royal mess
by Martin Ivens The British monarchy can be ruthless and decisive when it thinks its survival is at stake. For many years the heir to the throne, […]
Out the men in Maxwell-Epstein case
The conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell on five of six charges of recruiting and grooming teenage girls for sexual encounters with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is not and […]
