{"id":260651,"date":"2026-04-22T04:40:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/260651\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:40:07","slug":"fort-worth-police-to-discuss-hidden-statistics-of-male-sex-trafficking-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/260651\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Police to Discuss Hidden Statistics of Male Sex Trafficking Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tarrant County 5 Stones Taskforce will feature a panel discussion at its April meeting on the challenges of identifying and reporting on statistics of male sex trafficking victims.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Fort Worth published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortworthtexas.gov\/news\/2026\/4\/five-stones-aprll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">blog post<\/a> about the panel on Tuesday. According to the blog, the panel will feature human trafficking prosecutor Danielle Bonanno with the Tarrant County District Attorney&#8217;s Office, Detective Maria Orand with the Fort Worth Police department, and Landon Dickeson with Ranch Hands Rescue.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting Details:<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, April 29, 11 a.m.-12:15 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>100 N. Forest Park Blvd., Ste. 200, Fort Worth 76102<\/p>\n<p>RSVP is not required, but <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_igmfcG-vSTayZ_HAspjFzg#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pre-register<\/a> if you&#8217;re attending virtually.<\/p>\n<p>The Tarrant County 5 Stones Taskforce is a community network engaged in collaborative efforts to end sex trafficking in Tarrant County. It functions as a coordinated, multisector enforcement that unifies various levels of government entities, law enforcement, service providers, nonprofit organizations, and community stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/ranchhandsrescue.org\/bobs-house-of-hope\/male-human-trafficking-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ranch Hands Rescue<\/a>, recent studies show that up to 50% of trafficked youth are male. Sex trafficking affects males across sexual orientations, racial and ethnic identities, socioeconomic status, and age. <\/p>\n<p>Traffickers often use various forms of force, fraud, and coercion to control and exploit victims. This might include imposing debt, fraudulent employment opportunities, false promises of marriage or a better life, psychological coercion, and violence or threats of violence.<\/p>\n<p>Ranch Hands reports that the problem qualifies as a local, state, national, and global epidemic. It says support must come from all levels of government, as well as partnerships with the private sector, to help solve it.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the Tarrant County 5 Stones Taskforce page on the Fort Worth Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/police.fortworthtexas.gov\/Support-Services\/tarrant-county-5-stones-taskforce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tarrant County 5 Stones Taskforce will feature a panel discussion at its April meeting on the challenges&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-260651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}