Congresswoman Nancy Mace has called for accountability from South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson following the release of new data on human trafficking in the state. According to information from Wilson’s office, three counties within South Carolina’s First Congressional District were among those with the highest number of human trafficking investigations in 2025.
Mace stated, “Let’s be clear about Alan Wilson’s record on human trafficking, which has skyrocketed 400% under his leadership as our state’s Chief Law Enforcement officer. Berkeley County ranked second statewide with 30 investigations. Charleston County ranked third with 30 investigations. Dorchester County ranked sixth with 21 investigations. While children are being trafficked and abused in the Lowcountry, the Attorney General’s Office has failed our state with case dismissals, an overwhelming reliance on plea deals, and a ballooning backlog of unresolved child sex crime cases.”
She continued, “As South Carolina’s Attorney General, Wilson chairs the state’s Human Trafficking Task Force and has had the power to stop this for over a decade. What does he have to show for it? More victims. More pedophiles on the streets. Zero accountability for predators destroying innocent lives.”
Mace also questioned law enforcement outcomes: “Where are the arrests? Where are the convictions? Our children don’t need more task forces and press releases, our children need more prosecutions and more justice. Alan Wilson is a complete, abject failure.”
Nancy Mace has represented South Carolina’s 1st district in Congress since 2021 after succeeding Joe Cunningham. She previously served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 2018 to 2020 and was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 1977 before moving to Charleston where she currently resides. Mace graduated from The Citadel in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science degree.
