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ICE HUMAN TRAFFICKING STING NABS 21, INCLUDING MAN WHO HELD WOMAN, CHILD HOSTAGE, AUTHORITIES SAY
November 22, 2019
Brie Stimson
Fox News
A two-day human trafficking and prostitution sting operation in the Kansas City, Mo., area last week led to 21 arrests — including a suspect police say held a woman and her child hostage in their home for months, according to federal immigration authorities and a local report.
Jeffrey Higgins, 48, had allegedly refused to leave the victim’s Kansas home since June and forced her into prostitution, Fox 4 in Kansas City reported.
The victim told police Higgins injected her with meth and heroin against her will when she