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What happened
Victor Diaz – resident of East Boston, (24) and his niece, Evelyn Diaz- resident of Chelsea(21), were charged with conspiring to sex traffic a minor between April 2004 and April 2005. At trial, the government proved that between approximately July 2003 and May 2005, Evelyn Diaz operated an escort service that was advertised in multiple publications and on the Internet. The escort service sent individuals, including minors, on prostitution calls in and around Boston. Victor Diaz assisted in the operation by driving adults and a minor to whom he and Evelyn Diaz are related to prostitution calls. Evelyn Diaz pleaded guilty in January 2007 to two counts of transporting a minor to engage in prostitution and three counts of sex trafficking of children, in addition to the conspiracy charge. On April 27, 2007, she was sentenced to serve nine years in federal http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/May/08-crm-474.html http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/ceos/Press%20Releases/DMA%20Diaz%20PR_071106.pdf
Response and intervention
The case was investigated by the FBI, the Boston Police Department, the Cambridge Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police. The case was part of the Innocence Lost Initiative, a cooperative effort between the FBI, CEOS and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to prevent and prosecute child prostitution. http://www.fbi.gov/innolost/innolost.htm Victor and Evelyn Diaz were arrested Friday July 7, 2006 The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Dana Gershengorn and Trial Attorney Wendy Waldron of the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS). On April 27, 2007, Evelyn was sentenced to serve nine years in federal prison Victor Diaz was convicted on Feb. 4, 2008 Sentenced to 51 months - Judge Saris also ordered Diaz to serve two years of supervised release