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Children have been more online than ever this year as the pandemic has moved learning out of the classroom and onto the internet. NBC San Diego has conducted a yearlong investigation, titled “Stolen,” into sex trafficking and the exploitation of children and found that the problem is much more widespread than most people realize. Investigative reporter Monica Dean joined LX...

From NBC 7 comes STOLEN; an expansive documentary series about sex trafficking and the exploitation of children in San Diego County and beyond.

Human trafficking is a global problem. The victims caught in the torrent of sex trafficking are of all nationalities, all ethnicities, all ages, and all genders. Yet, while the crisis impacts a wide swath of humanity, there are some profiles for children who are most at risk in America.

To offset the increased exposure caused by social media and technology, experts are placing more and more emphasis on parents to sit down and have conversations with their children to make them aware of the dangers that lurk online.

There are more apps out there than we can keep track of, and not all of them are fun and games. Here are a few the San Diego County Human Trafficking Task Force says parents should be aware of

The novel coronavirus pandemic has impacted nearly every aspect of society. In particular, it has aided in the rise of sex trafficking on national and global levels.

A Marshfield, Massachusetts man has been arrested for allegedly setting a 40-foot lobster boat on fire and trying to escape in a stolen boat on the North River. David Pongonis, 36, was arraigned Wednesday on charges including larceny, using a motor boat without authority and malicious and wonton damage or defacement of property.

Police say they have recovered four chalices that were stolen from a Roman Catholic church in Rhode Island. The chalices were taken from on Tuesday afternoon from the sacristy at Saint Rocco’s in Johnston. A video camera in the church showed a man entering in the afternoon and leaving a short time later carrying a bag.

A South End woman is searching for her missing Halloween wreath after it was stolen.

Police are searching for a pair of suspected thieves who they say stole a parakeet from a store in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The pair allegedly broke the lock on a cage inside a Petco store and walked out with a Quaker parakeet, Dartmouth police said in a Facebook post. The couple was allegedly captured stealing the valuable bird by surveillance cameras.

Police found two Ferraris in a warehouse in Massachusetts more than 180 miles from where they were reported stolen on Long Island, New York. The Ferraris were found in a Worcester warehouse after police searched the site July 19.

A Fremont family is searching for their tortoise after they said it was stolen from their front yard Thursday. When Cassie Padilla first brought her two tortoises home, they were so small they could fit in the palm of her hand.

A former Maine lawmaker who stole more than $3 million from two elderly widows for personal expenses has reportedly been sentenced to 10 years in prison. News Center Maine reports former state legislator Robert Kenneth Lindell was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison on charges that include securities fraud, theft and intentional evasion of and failure to pay...

Police are searching for a thief with expensive taste in Massachusetts. Chris Gasbarro’s Fine Wine and Spirits in Seekonk says someone stole a $4,000 bottle of the Remy Martin Louis XIII cognac from its store last week.

Two people were arrested early Tuesday after they allegedly carjacked a minivan in downtown Boston, according to police. Fifty-three-year-old Adrian Thompson of Dorchester adn 24-year-old Mahad Ali Farah-Haji of Charlestown are expected to be arraigned on carjacking charges in Boston Municipal Court on Tuesday. Boston police said a man told authorities he was parked on Surface Road just before 1:30...

Two men were arrested for allegedly leading Massachusetts police on a brief chase that resulted in officers finding a stolen AK-47 from out of the state, and two others are still on the run. Twenty-nine-year-old Rashad Odom and 19-year-old Angelo Guimares, both Boston residents, face multiple charges, including possesion a large capacity firearm, two counts each of unlawful possession of...

New Hampshire state police are investigating the theft of about $5,000 worth of wine from a state liquor store over several weeks.

Police are investigating after a menorah was vandalized and stolen from a Brookline, Massachusetts synagogue early Wednesday morning. Authorities believe multiple thieves ripped a 6-foot-tall, 300-pound menorah out of the ground at Temple Emeth on Grove Street, vandalized it, then ditched it in the area of Church and Weld streets in West Roxbury where police discovered it at about 6...

Police are investigating a menorah that was believed to have been stolen from a Brookline temple.