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Sex Trafficking in Minnesota (2011)

A sex trafficking case from 2011 in Minnesota, 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

28-year-old Minnesota pimp, Byronte Juwann Reed. Trafficked individual in Minnesota and Chicago. Lived with trafficked person.

Response and intervention

Sentencing of pimp. Pimp was caught and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Sex Trafficking2010

Rockford, Minnesota, United States, 2010

United States US

After paid sexual encounters in eight states, the woman sought help by calling a national anti-sex trafficking hot line. This led to the arrest of her husband who regularly posted ads promoting her for sex, arranged for her encounters with those who responded to the ads, and demanded that all money she received by immediately deposited into his bank acocunt. Illegally married at a young age, the man threatened that he would take her child away from her forever if she failed to comply.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2009

Minnesota (City unknown), United States, 2009

United States US

An Eden Prairie resident helped Tatiana escape to a battered women shelter. She eventually got connected with Civil Society.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Sex Trafficking2007

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 2007

United States US

From April to December 2007, Craig Kraft and Liqing Liu operated a prostitution business. The location changed constantly which included motels in Bloomington, Golden Valley, Plymouth, and Minneapolis. The office for the business was located in St. Louis Park. Women were rotated to work in the brothel, and Liu arranged for the victims to travel to MN from California, New York, and Texas.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016