Spotlight shed on sex trafficking during Human Trafficking Awareness Month

Mikia Collins, 19, Kevin Winston, 25, and Martina Chambers, 20, were all charged after a Houston Police Department human trafficking sting on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Mikia Collins, 19, Kevin Winston, 25, and Martina Chambers, 20, were all charged after a Houston Police Department human trafficking sting on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Photo: Houston Police Department Photo: Houston Police Department Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close Spotlight shed on sex trafficking during Human Trafficking Awareness Month 1 / 29 Back to Gallery

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo and other top law enforcement officials are set to mark January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month on Friday.

Acevedo and company are expected to release the identities of several sex trade suspects that the Houston Police Department's Vice Division arrested in 2018.

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

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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.

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.

Officials will release more about the 2018 arrests during a 2 p.m. press conference.

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