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Highway to Hell - Interstate Serial
Homicides US NEWS -- The FBI has
publicly announced their new Highway Serial Killings
initiative to raise awareness between law enforcement agencies and the
general public about this tragic form of criminal activity. Over the last 30
years more than 500 murder victims have been discovered along America's
highways. The victims of these homicides are primarily
transient women who were living potentially dangerous
lifestyles involving drug addiction and
prostitution. Furthermore, these wayward women were frequently
picked up at truck stops or service stations and sexually assaulted, murdered,
and dumped along U.S. highways...READ MORE
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| 06/09/2009 |
| Virginia Woman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud Scheme |
| VA NEWS -- Mary Ann Blair waived her right to indictment and instead pled guilty to a one-count information charging her with bank fraud in Federal District Court. Blair, or others, would obtain checks from local banks belonging to accounts that had been closed or contained no funds... |
| 06/08/2009 |
| Child Trafficking Utilized by UK Marijuana-Grow Operations |
| UK NEWS -- Six per cent of children being trafficked into the United Kingdom are enslaved into marijuana-grow (skunk) operations. Police rescues have reported children as young as age ten working in clandestine marijuana-grow factories... |
| 06/06/2009 |
| Obama administration - new National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy |
| US NEWS -- The Obama administration has announced its new National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy to reduce drug trafficking and the flow of bulk cash and weapons. The President's counternarcotics strategy will play a critical role in our efforts to stop cross-border drug trafficking and violence... |
| 06/04/2009 |
| New York Would-be Terrorists Indicted |
| US NEWS -- An eight-count Indictment has been filed against four individuals for conspiring to bomb a Jewish synagogue and community center as well as destroy U.S. military planes with stinger missiles in New York... |
| 06/03/2009 |
| Major Human Trafficking Bust in United States |
| US NEWS -- According to a 45-count indictment that was made public on May 27, 2009, after initial arrests and court appearances. Twelve defendants, including eight Uzbekistan nationals, have been charged with the RICO Act relating to labor racketeering, human trafficking, illegal immigration, and other violations in 14 states. The indictment alleges an extensive and profitable criminal enterprise in which hundreds of illegal aliens were employed at hotels and other businesses across the country... |
| 05/24/2009 |
| Most Wanted Zoo Contest |
| UK NEWS -- A United kingdom website has embraced the Most Wanted Woman website. 97.4 Rock FM has established a link to the Hunted Offenders Eluding Surrender website, which exclusively features profiles of wanted women fugitives. Furthermore, we applaud 97.4 Rock FM for their magnanimous effort to bring these fugitives to justice... |
| 05/17/2009 |
| Accused CBP Killer Indited for Murder |
| MEXICO NEWS -- In sunny downtown San Diego, California, United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt announced the unsealing of a three-count superseding indictment charging Jesus Navarro-Montes with federal narcotics violations and second degree murder in connection with the death of CBP Agent Luis Aguilar in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area. Navarro-Montes is believed to have stuck and killed the CBP Agent with an H2 while smuggling joysmoke... |
| 04/28/2009 |
| Honduran Most Wanted For Murder |
US NEWS -- Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the FBI Chicago initiated a nationwide manhunt for a suspected murderer, Orlin Bonilla Ortiz, who is a most wanted Honduran national wanted by the Chicago FBI's Violent Crimes Task Force. Moreover, the FBI has offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to his arrest. Ortiz is believed to be attempting to flee the United States... |
| 04/17/2009 |
| Suspected Murderer of Pregnant Marine Cesar Armando Laurean Extradited! |
| MEXICO NEWS -- A captured fugitive U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Cesar Armando Laurean is scheduled to be extradited from Mexico back to the United States today. Laurean is a suspect in the ongoing investigation into the murder of 20-year-old Maria F. Lauterbach, who was seven months pregnant at the time of her murder. Lauterbach was also a U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal assigned to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina... |
| 03/03/2009 |
| Woman Vice President Guilty of Defrauding Her Bank |
| TWIN CITIES MN NEWS -- Anne E. Justesen a 44-year-old bank vice president ripped off her bank of employment by fraudulently inducing the bank to make mortgage loans to her based on fraudulent documents... |
| 02/28/2009 |
| Maryland Woman Accused of Pimping Underage Teen |
| MD NEWS -- A United States federal grand jury indicted Deborah Gail Frock, age 39, of Westminster, Maryland, for sexually exploiting an underage teen to produce child pornography. Deborah Gail Frock is accused of pimping an underage 17-year-old girl by transporting her to an Inn in Westminster, Maryland, to meet with an adult male to engage in porno videos... |
| 02/25/2009 |
| Alabama State Representative Sue Schmitz Guilty |
HUNTSVILLE AL NEWS -- Second times a charm! In Decatur, Alabama, now former Alabama State Representative Sue Schmitz was found guilty yesterday on seven out of eight counts of federal fraud charges. Assistant U.S. Attorney William Athanas promised to take the case to trial again. A man of his word, Assistant U.S. Attorney Athanas has successfully carried the charges against Schmitz back to court and won the case on behalf of the people... |
| 02/23/2009 |
| Operation Cross Country III kicks Ass! |
| U.S. NEWS -- Last week, the FBI and partnered law enforcement agencies conducted another three-day national enforcement action called Operation Cross Country III as part of the Innocence Lost National Initiative. This is the third operation, which included enforcement operations in 29 cities across the United States. Law enforcement arrested and charged 571 suspected pimps with a combination of state and federal charges for domestic trafficking of children for prostitution and solicitation. Moreover, Operation Cross Country III led to the recovery of 48 children being prostituted within the country... |
| 02/13/2009 |
| Sex Trafficker Maribel Rodriguez Vasquez Convicted |
LOS ANGELES CA NEWS -- After a six-week trial, Maribel Rodriguez Vasquez and her fellow criminals were convicted on Wednesday, of conspiracy; sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; and importation of aliens for purposes of prostitution. Evidence provided at trial showed the sex trafficking organization collected the profits generated by the compelled prostitution, and maintained control of the prostitution proceeds, earning tens of thousands of dollars for their profit while the victims, most underage Central American girls as young as 13, received almost nothing... |
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