Free Newsletter
AG, feds join to fight human trafficking
The Associated Press//July 21, 2016//
Listen to this article(AP) Virginia’s attorney general and federal officials are teaming up to fight human trafficking in the state.
Attorney General Mark Herring joined Maria Odom, chair of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign, in Richmond on Wednesday to announce the new state-federal partnership.
Herring’s office says the partnership will mean that Virginia communities and local law enforcement agencies will have more resources and training to fight human trafficking. Officials will be providing training, resources and educational materials on combating human trafficking to school administrators and other members of the public.
The first training sessions for law enforcement officials and community stakeholders are scheduled for August in Hampton Roads.
Verdicts & Settlements
- Man run over, killed while performing bridge repairs — $325,000 settlement
- Nurse unable to return to work after rollover crash — $3.5M verdict
- 4-year-old child in daycare assaulted by teacher — $550,000 settlement
- Patient sustained nerve injury after oral surgery — $1M settlement
- Plaintiff burned in flash fire while cleaning engine — $23M settlement
- Motorcyclist’s leg partially amputated in collision — $2M settlement
- Speeding vehicle struck, pushed truck into plaintiff — $1M settlement
- Adoption, paternity at issue in multimillion-dollar estate — $1.25M settlement
- Defense verdict reached in suit over wrist fracture
- Nurse sustained concussion in rear-end collision at red light — $2M settlement
- Motorist suffered lower back injuries in rear-end collision — $225,000 settlement
- Driver sustained injury in two rear-end collisions — $77,500 settlement
Opinion Digests
- Bankruptcy: Joint tenancy not exempt from IRS lien
- Civil Rights: Trooper denied immunity for assault of teenager
- Civil Service: Electoral board sued by former general registrar
- Constitutional: West Virginia transgender sports law violates Title IX
- Criminal: District court erred when it denied compassionate release
- Criminal: Court affirms gang members’ convictions
- Environmental: Mining prohibition does not extend to transferee
- Intellectual Property: Timberland boots denied Lanham Act protection
- Arbitration: ‘Candy Crush’ lawsuit headed to arbitration
- Constitutional: Lawsuit challenging Virginia broadband statute dismissed
- Consumer Protection: Mercedes-Benz fails to dismiss Lemon Law suit
- Employment: Suit against federal agency transferred to Virginia
