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Roby Says House Acting To Combat Sex Trafficking

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, January 27, Congresswoman Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) released a statement to announce that the House has passed Bi-partisan bills to try to deal with America’s “fastest growing” criminal enterprise: human sex trafficking. US Representative Martha Roby strongly supports the measures and said that legislation is needed to combat … Continued
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January 29, 2015

Alabama Human Trafficking Summit January 30

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force was created by Joint House Resolution 270 passed by the Alabama Legislature in April of 2014. The Task Force was charged with developing a plan to fight the growing specter of human trafficking, particularly of women, in and through Alabama. The Task Force … Continued
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January 19, 2015

Feds Successfully Prosecute Dog Fighting Ring

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Several Alabama residents were among 8 persons sentenced by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama for their roles in what was the second largest dog fighting raid in U.S. history in August 2013. The case was led by the United States Attorney’s Office and … Continued
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November 13, 2014

Rhino Poachers Indicted in Montgomery

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, October 23, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Montgomery announced 18 indictments against two South African nationals, Dawie Groenewald, 46, and his brother, Janneman Groenewald, 44, and their company Valinor Trading CC (doing business as: Out of Africa Adventurous Safaris). The pair were charged with conspiracy, Lacey Act … Continued
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October 28, 2014

Dean and Wiggins Out at ASU

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Friday, July 25 Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) removed Alabama State University (ASU) Board of Trustees member circuit Judge Marvin Wiggins (D) after Wiggins refused to resign for the good of the school. ASU BOT Chairman Elton Dean resigned at the governor’s request on Thursday, July 24. In … Continued
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July 28, 2014

More Convictions in KKK Cross Burning Investigation

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter A Federal Grand Jury investigating a 2009 cross burning in Ozark, Alabama announced another conviction.  The former Secretary of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) Chapter in Ozark, Pamela Morris, pled guilty today to committing perjury during the grand jury’s investigation into the racially motivated cross-burning in the U.S. District … Continued
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June 16, 2014