by Mike Pierga | Mar 27, 2017 | Press Release
Two brothers who were convicted on state human trafficking charges and their father – who was previously convicted of promoting prostitution – have now been sentenced in a separate federal sex trafficking case, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. ...
by Mike Pierga | Feb 9, 2016 | Press Release
A national coalition of law enforcement agencies conducted a sting operation that led to 552 arrests – 522 would-be sex buyers (or “johns”) and 30 pimps or sex traffickers – Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. The National Johns Suppression Initiative...
by Mike Pierga | Oct 25, 2015 | Press Release
A Streamwood man wanted for trafficking a 15-year-old girl for sex has been arrested, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced today. Derrick Hill, 41, was taken into custody on Oct.23 at his home by the Streamwood Police Department on a $1.5 million arrest...
by Mike Pierga | Jul 1, 2015 | Press Release
Visa and MasterCard have agreed to stop processing payments for sex trafficking industry profiteer Backpage.com following a demand from Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart. On Monday, Sheriff Dart wrote to Visa CEO Charles Scharf and MasterCard CEO Ajaypal Banga to...
