Overview
- The Department of Homeland Security reported that Homeland Security Investigations led coordinated operations in U.S. World Cup host cities that produced 905 arrests and the rescue of 180 victims, including 30 children.
- A major Dallas probe that began in 2023 resulted in eight arrests tied to an adult bookstore alleged to have operated as a brothel for more than 20 years and to trafficking charges that include force and money‑laundering counts.
- HSI agents in San Francisco, working with the FBI and local police, located and rescued two girls thought to be trafficking victims, one of whom had been missing from Bakersfield since November 2025.
- Officials said the trafficking work was part of larger World Cup security measures that seized more than 700 unauthorized drones, inspected over 19,000 vehicles bound for events, and confiscated counterfeit merchandise valued at more than $33 million.
- DHS and local partners said prosecutions are under way and victims are being routed to services and safe houses, a process that could shape longer‑term investigations and the availability of survivor care in host cities.