Guatemalan authorities arrested an American who is the founder of an orphanage on Tuesday for participating in illegal adoption and human trafficking, Fox News Latino has reported.

Nancy Susan Bailey was arrested in El Salvador and turned over to Guatemala, prosecutors say. Her arrest warrant was issued way back in 2008 for putting children up for illegal adoption for fees as high as $40,000.

A 2010 report from the Guatemala International Commission against Impunity says there were over 3,000 strange adoptions with most of them going to couples in the United States.

Bailey founded the "Seeds of Love" orphanage in 1996. It is located outside of Guatemala City.

Human Trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises around the world.

Recently, a man in Stockton California was found guilty of human trafficking, Fox40 reported. The 20-year-old man, Chester Brown, was arrested in May along with three teenage girls. The 14-year-old and 16-year-old girls found with Chester denied any involvement in prostitution.

Chester Brown was accused of forcing runaway girls into prostitution. Stockton police got a tip from a 17-year-old girl who said she met Chester in the past and stayed in touch with him.

The girl later ran away, and when she met up with Chester, she said he forced her into prostitution.

The 17-year-old who reported Chester said one of the 14-year-old girls, who has been reported a missing person, was teaching her how to be a prostitute.

At the time of Chester's arrest, his bail was set at $1.4 million, while he faced many charges including terrorist threats, sexual battery and sex with a minor.

Attorney General Mark Herring is launching a human trafficking awareness campaign for the state of Virginia, WHSV.com reported.

"We've got billboards going up along the major interstates," Herring said. "I-81 is a major thoroughfare. We know that human traffickers often use interstates to move around. So it's important that we get this information out there."

Virginia has the fifth highest total of human trafficking cases nationwide.

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