Almost 20 Houston men and women were charged with human trafficking-related felonies in 2018, records show.

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Those 18 suspects were all accused of promoting prostitution or trafficking a person in some way, according to court documents.

Houston police released the names Friday after declaring January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in the city.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services marks January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.

Earlier this month, Houston police announced a horrifying case of human trafficking where their officers were able to save a Fort Worth woman from being sold into the sex trade.

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In that case, Kevin Winston, 25, Martina Chambers, 20, and Mikia Collins, 19, were all arrested and accused of forcing a 20-year-old woman to be a prostitute against her will for weeks.

Winston and Chambers were charged with felony aggravated promotion of prostitution, compelling prostitution and trafficking of a person.

Collins was charged with compelling prostitution and trafficking of a person.

See the slideshow above to see the 20 suspects accused.

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