A sex trafficking case from 2024 in Houston, Texas, United States. 1 source on file.
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Trafficking ring operated network of illicit massage businesses across Houston metro area. Victims from China and South Korea coerced through debt bondage. Accused: Organized criminal network with ties to international smuggling.
Houston Police vice unit with HSI. Eight arrests; 12 businesses shut down. Houston Rescue and Restore Coalition.
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Jermaine Carlos Diaz, 23, trafficked young girls from his hometown of Fort Smith,AR to Houston, TX for the purpose of prostitution.
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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.
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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.