WTVD, an ABC affiliate, reports that 32-year-old Elihue Martin Mahler of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and 24-year-old Austyn Lee ...

Human trafficking is, by its very nature, hard to spot — even for people who are trained to identify victims. Most people don’t knowingly encounter human trafficking victims in their ...

Kidnapping and human trafficking charges have been filed against two men from Hampton Roads in connection to an Amber Alert issued in North Carolina.

Both suspects initially made contact with the missing teen online, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

An arrest warrant shows a 15-year-old girl, who was the subject of an Amber Alert, arranged to meet one of her alleged kidnappers via hidden Instagram messages.

Austyn Cole, a 23-year-old from Kitty Hawk, and Elihue Mahler, a 31-year-old from Virginia Beach, are both charged with first-degree kidnapping, human trafficking and felony conspiracy. That's ...

A federal grand jury returned an indictment last week charging a Florida man with federal charges related to sex trafficking, ...

of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and 23-year-old Austyn Lee Cole of Kitty Hawk, face charges of felony human trafficking of a child victim, felony kidnapping, felony conspiracy to kidnap, and felony ...

Two men, one from Virginia Beach and one from North Carolina's Outer Banks, face kidnapping and human trafficking counts, ...

: Both Mahler and Cole received a $5 million secured bond during their first court appearance on Friday, Feb. 28.The North ...

More than 70 people turned out following the Saturday morning Mass at St. Thomas à Becket Church in Reston Feb. 8, for a talk ...