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Sex Trafficking in Houston, Texas (2001)

A sex trafficking case from 2001 in Houston, Texas, 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

Jermaine Carlos Diaz, 23, trafficked young girls from his hometown of Fort Smith,AR to Houston, TX for the purpose of prostitution.

Response and intervention

The trafficker was convicted in US federal court and put in jail for a short period of time. Law enforcement was involved, but I don't know of any anti-trafficking group assistance. I am not aware of any emancipation.

Sex Trafficking2024

Houston, Texas, United States, 2024

United States

Three individuals held immigrant women against their will at a Houston residence, forcing labor while also running a pirated CD/DVD distribution operation from the same property. Accused: Estela Aguilar-Lopez, Blanca Estela Lopez-Aguilar, and Francisco Ivan Rodriguez-Garcia.

1 source
Domestic Servitude2009

Houston, Texas, United States, 2009

United States US

Yes. He was employing workers and forcing them to work 14 hour shifts with little pay. Victim was lured by the lie that heéshe would be able to keep her passport and A minimum wage was given to the victim and limited work of 8 hours a day. When caught, Mohammed Abdulazz Al-Zehairi is forced to pay the victim $143,532.20. It does not mention if the victim was deported or not.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Domestic Servitude2009

Houston, Texas, United States, 2009

United States US

Yes. He was employing workers and forcing them to work 14 hour shifts with little pay. Victim was lured by the lie that heéshe would be able to keep her passport and A minimum wage was given to the victim and limited work of 8 hours a day. When caught, Mohammed Abdulazz Al-Zehairi is forced to pay the victim $143,532.20. It does not mention if the victim was deported or not.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016