A few times a day, the owner of a neighboring business took cigarette breaks outside her shop's backdoor, facing an alley off Main Street. For almost six months, she saw men park their cars and walk ...

JOPLIN, Mo. (Missourinet) – Three Joplin massage parlors are under investigation for possible human trafficking. Seven suspected female victims are receiving assistance and no arrests have been made.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Joplin police say they identified seven adult women as human-trafficking victims during raids on three Joplin massage businesses. The three businesses were searched Thursday as part ...

The Joplin Police Department executing three search warrants at massage businesses in the city. Detectives say the warrants are part of an ongoing human trafficking investigation. From the three ...