sex trafficking

A Billings man convicted of multiple crimes stemming from a sex trafficking network involving nearly 20 victims was sentenced to over 26 years in prison.

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Both law enforcement professionals and the general public benefited from a special conference on human trafficking that took place on Wednesday in the University of Montana Center.

Convicted sex trafficker Terrance Edwards was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday for “pimping” underage girls all over Montana, including in Billings. Following his possible release from prison on parole, Edwards will be under supervised release for the rest of his life...

This week the largest online sex trafficking marketplace in the world pleaded guilty to human trafficking.

One of the presentations at Thursday’s Sex Trafficking Community Awareness Conference at the University of Montana was the importance of understanding ‘Trauma Bonding’, from Julie Clark with the Salvation Army in Missoula.

The Sex Trafficking Community Awareness Conference specifically geared for the public was held in the University Center Theater all day Thursday.

On Wednesday morning, a federal jury in Billings found 35 year-old Terrence Tyrell Edwards of Missoula guilty on 10 counts of sex trafficking.

35-year-old Terrance Edwards, on trial Monday for allegedly promoting several young girls and women for prostitution in Montana, denied being a pimp and claimed he operated a legal escort service and website for a handbag company he founded, while serving prison time for an earlier prostitution conviction...

Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton ordered evacuations on Thursday due to the expansion of the Lolo Peak Fire.