In her first year as Cook County state's attorney, Eileen O'Neill Burke has prioritized human trafficking cases.

Did the modern human species arise after our ancestors started cooking their food? In his new book, "Catching Fire", Richard Wrangham argues that is was the practice of cooking food that was central ...

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said Monday that a record number of people have been arrested for human trafficking following an undercover sting operation. At a news conference, Dart stated that 10 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There was an update Monday on human trafficking in Cook County. The Cook County Sheriff's Office said that just during a two-week period this month 10 people were charged. Those ...

A hotel owner and 10 other people were arrested after police learned that human meat was being cooked into the food at a restaurant in Nigeria. The New York Daily News reports that police received a ...