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The Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force’s mission of reducing the demand that drives human trafficking continued through the early holiday season, as made evident by several notable arrests of would-be sex buyers, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Mahoning County Sheriff Jerry Greene announced today.

Agents from the Northeast Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force and Solon Police arrested 13 men for trying to buy sex during a recent undercover operation, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today. Two of the men are accused of seeking sex with minors.

A statewide human trafficking operation conducted last week by more than 100 law enforcement agencies resulted in the arrest of 135 people seeking to buy sex – including from minors, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced today.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson are leading a coalition of 22 states in urging a federal appeals court to reverse a recent U.S. District Court decision that blocked Texas’ right to enforce its state immigration law.

Led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, 23 state attorneys general are supporting the federal government’s legal challenge of sanctuary immigration policies in Illinois.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and his counterparts in 15 other states are suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over the Biden administration’s latest attempt to grant amnesty to illegal aliens through executive action, a move that flagrantly violates federal law.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is leading a coalition of 22 attorneys general in urging a U.S. Appeals Court to uphold Texas’ right to enforce a state immigration law amid a challenge by the federal government.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost won a nationwide court order today that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to resume enforcing the law regarding convicted dangerous felons and immigrants who have lost their last appeal to remain in the country.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and two other state attorneys general are seeking to stop the implementation of a new federal immigration policy that will halt nearly all deportations and handcuff U.S. immigration officers responsible for protecting our communities.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Gov. Mike DeWine and Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp today announced the completion of an investigation that uncovered a methamphetamine distribution operation in Licking County.