The whistleblower said the two giant card companies knew their networks were being used to pay for illegal content on the porn-driven site.
A sex trafficking survivor and the founder of a safe house for male victims of sex trafficking spoke to Fox News about the growing problem at the border.
While upcoming major sporting events in the greater Bay Area will help boost the local economy and bring a spotlight to the region, area law enforcement is preparing to address the more sinister aspects these events can bring--human trafficking.
His prior conviction did nothing to deter further acts of violence on women and continuing to push drugs onto our streets," US Attorney Leah B. Foley said.
Mastercard and Visa failed to stop their companies from laundering money from child sexual abuse and sex trafficking on OnlyFans, according to allegations in an undisclosed whistleblower complaint.
The whistleblower, a senior compliance expert in the credit card and banking industries, said the two giant card companies knew their networks were being used to pay for illegal content on the porn-driven site since at least 2021,
Mastercard (NYSE:MA) and Visa (NYSE:V) have been accused of failing to prevent their payment networks from being used to launder money derived from child sexual abuse material and sex trafficking on the website OnlyFans,
A man who was released from prison in October 2021 was sentenced to 13 years on the same human trafficking crimes on Thursday.
A whistleblower filed a complaint against Mastercard and Visa, alleging they failed to stop payments for illegal content on OnlyFans. The credit card companies dispute these claims and cite their compliance measures.
A new bill this legislative session seeks to amend penalties for sex trafficking in Hawaii, proposing fines ranging from $50,000 to $100,000 and a prison term of up to 20 years without the possibility for parole,
A lot of person-on-person crimes goes underreported and people don’t know the resources they could go to,” said the agency’s sexual assault coordinator, Mallory Dotson.
A Columbia man was indicted on sex trafficking and child sexual abuse material charges involving 11 victims, according to the Department of Justice.Leon-Bobby J