Following the conclusion of a six-month-long investigation into sex-trafficking and street level prostitution in the Fairbanks and Anchorage areas by investigators with the Special Crime Unit, Fairbanks-based troopers and the Alaska Bureau of Investigation arrested a Fairbanks man on sex crimes on Tuesday. 35-year-old Benjamin Bane was arrested in his Fairbanks motel room on Tuesday […]
An Alaska State Trooper Special Crimes Investigation Unit investigation into sex trafficking has concluded with the arrest of 31-year-old Mark Daniel Alexander in Nevada, the trooper dispatch reports. Investigators with the Special Crimes Unit initiated their investigation in January when an observant trooper on a “traffic contact” saw “suspicious activity” which led investigators to research […]
An Anchorage massage parlor owner was indicted this week on state charges of Sex Trafficking and Federal charges of Structuring Financial Transactions by an Anchorage Grand Jury according to the U.S. Justice Department. U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis stated in a press release that the federal charges of Structuring Financial Transactions goes as far back as […]
The owner of “Alaska Naughty Maids,” 39-year-old Amber L. Batts was arrested on three counts of Sex Trafficking II and one count of Sex Trafficking III on Wednesday according the the Alaska State Troopers. DPS announced that the Special Crimes Investigation Unit launched an investigation into online sites that showcased woman for commercial sex in […]