Rockford, Minnesota, United States
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.
Location
United States · Rockford, Minnesota · 2010 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
The man was arrested at a hotel in Chicago after arriving with the child to pick up his wife from what he called "a weekend of prostitution." He is being held on a $150,000 bond for a felony charge of pandering.
The woman and her child are being kept by law enforcement at a safe location.
The victim called in to an anti-sex-trafficking hotline.
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