Domestic ServitudeArchive 2008–2016

Domestic Servitude in Charlotte, North Carolina (2009)

A domestic servitude case from 2009 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

Mercedes Farquharson 63, of Union county, considered her self a deity. She convinced a mother she was a religiuos deity and to give her the mother's children.

Response and intervention

trafficker was arrested by Bulgarin officals. she was arrest in July on charges of haboring illegal aliens and forced labor of minors unkown

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Sex Trafficking2009

Charlotte, United States, 2009

United States US

ICE was invloved in the case. here is link to the latest article:http://www.charlotteobserver.com/597/story/983851.html?storylink=omni_popular

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Sex Trafficking2006

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 2006

United States US

There were 31 arrests made, reported by the Associated Press on August 16, 2006, with no details regarding the traffickers, other than the fact that it was connected with a Korean couple in New York City. Some of the charges brought against the 31 suspects include "conspiracy to engage in human trafficking, prostitution, and conspiracy to transport illegal aliens."* *sourced: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208838,00.html

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CSEC2024

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 2024

United States US

Between December 2023 and January 2024, two men trafficked a 16-year-old runaway for commercial sex across North and South Carolina, advertising her online, arranging encounters in hotel rooms and keeping the money she earned.

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