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Sex Trafficking in Springdale, Ohio (2004)

A sex trafficking case from 2004 in Springdale, Ohio, 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

His name is Angel "Skinny" Batista, he was forty years old at the time of his arrest. He is from the Dominican Republic, speaks no English, and was found guilty on charges of murder and promoting prostitution after he killed a customer in his brothel. He used rotating girls, and advertised with business cards in spanish, placed in cash checking stores and restaurants.

Response and intervention

In the article I have, he was being indicted by a grand jury, so he must have been arrested. That's all I can tell. The intervention was part of a multi-state bust; the Springdale Police helped with this part of it. unknown.

Domestic Servitude2006

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Paula Steltenkamp and Greg Coburn brought over a girl from the Philippines and forced her to work for them. The victim states they didn't abide by the contract she signed, which stated she would work for 40 hours a week for $200. The Victim states she wasn't paid the agreed amount, she was physically assaulted, denied access to a phone, isolated, and threatened with deportation.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
Bonded Labor2007

Crescent Springs, Kentucky, United States, 2007

United States US

Yes, federal state and local authorities conducted an investigation into possible labor and trafficking charges at a Chinese restaurant. As a result following the raid the restaurant was closed and authorities have declined to release any other information.

Needs a sourceArchive 2008–2016
CSEC2009

Dillsboro, Indiana, United States, 2009

United States US

In Fulton County, Ismaiel Pachico, 35, was charged with sexual conduct with a person under the age of 16, and Mezia Sinforiano, 61; Francisco Baltazar, 32; Pablo Trigueros, 60, and Wilmar Velasquez Bravo, 20, were charged with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

1 sourceArchive 2008–2016