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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
Leonarda Martinez, age 53, was charged with human trafficking when a bordello was uncovered where she allegedly charged men $400 to have sex with women, using force, fraud or coercian to force the women to provide those illicit services. During the law enforcement raid, the invetigative team found a bedroom with two mattresses on the floor, condoms lying on a dresser and security bars on the windows.
Response and intervention
The three person team investigating this case was comprised of one member each from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, the Orleans Criminal Sherriff's Office and I.C.E. Authorities raided the nondescript single-story double on Wed. Dec. 2nd. The three member team that probed the Kenner trafficking ring spent two months investigating the case.