Human Trafficking

Community Shelter Board CEO Shannon Isom said only 32 out of about 1,300 residents have found permanent housing since being forced to moved from the condemned apartment complex at the end of 2023.

Survivors of trafficking say they are often re-victimized when they get out of that situation because they cannot get their criminal records expunged in Ohio.

Harriet's Hope, named for abolitionist Harriet Tubman, will have 52 apartments and available wraparound services like substance abuse disorder treatment.

Columbus police arrested 62 people from Sept. 25 to 30, which was the most arrests in any jurisdiction in Ohio.

The Love Drop-in Center, run by the nonprofit 1DivineLine2Health, is getting to expand with a new multipurpose room to be built later this year.

Several community partners teamed up with the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority to fund a $15.6-million housing complex that will have wrap-around services in Franklinton.

The state oversaw a collection of different task force operations to bust human trafficking around Ohio.

Attorney Dave Yost is partnering with the Columbus Crew to raise awareness about human trafficking at home games.

A Northland High school teacher has been arrested by the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force.

The operation which occurred in Ohio last week resulted in the arrest of 161 men, three of whom were attempting to buy sex from someone they believed to be a minor.