Sheriff Challenges Churches to Fight Human Trafficking

0:00Terrent County Sheriff Bill Weiborne just laid down a challenge to churches and non-profits in North Texas, step up and team up with cops to shut down. Human trafficking for good. Speaking at an unbound now luncheon, he said faith groups are prime for pulling vulnerable kids from danger and into safe homes, stressing that, no. Once untouched by this crisis, unbound now works hand in hand with the Sheriff's office, ending the underground, around the clock spot where youth age 10 to 22 can crash, eat and clean up. They've helped over 1,300 potential victims from 2019 to 2024, while the local health network flagged more than 1,000 possible cases, mostly women, Weiborne points out trafficking hits harder with folks facing poverty, addiction, mental health struggles, or foster care stance. He kicked off a task force back in 2017, when he saw it blowing up unnoticed, and now he's pushing churches to fight the root like porn, demand fueling the fire.

1:00With Arlington gearing up for FIFA World Cup games this summer, local police got props for their anti-trafficking unit and FIFA's linking with groups, for training. The sheriff's prepping quietly, knowing big events draw predators, but he says numbers aren't spiking. Just awareness is. News got the resources to lead here, Weiborne insists, citing spots like high-rich church and mercy cultures upcoming 100-bed shelter with A. Chapel. Its faith communities fly in the flag that'll quietly rescue survivors and flip the script on this mess. Dallas News today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.