Sex Trafficking2010
United States US
Cui has in recent months posted job advertisements in Korean-language newspapers seeking nail salon attendants. But once the women responded, Cui threatened them, Spota said, at times saying that she would have them or their families killed by Chinese gangsters. Cui also threatened to abandon them penniless on Long Island or tell their families they were prostitutes if they refused to cooperate, Suffolk DA Spota said. As many as eight women, all in their 30s and 40s, serviced dozens of clients a day at a Huntington Station nail salon and an unnamed "spa" near the Hicksville train station. The women performed a variety of sexual services for as little as $60, officials said. Cui got the money, officials said, and the women kept tips. One Craigslist ad earlier this month promised erotic services. Raids at the businesses and Cui’s home, an 8,000-square-foot, Tudor-style house in Flushing, found $20,000 in cash, lingerie, shower massage tables, cases of condoms, baby oil and rubbing alcohol. "There was not a single bottle of nail polish found," said Suffolk police Detective John Rodriguez, who assisted in the investigation. Rodriguez said many of the women — only some of whom have agreed to cooperate in the case — did not speak English and were new to the country. "If you’re from a small village, you don’t know the language, it can be easy to intimidate someone like that," he said. All information found from the following sources: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Queens-Woman-Charged-With-Sex-Trafficking-97407769.html http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/06/29/2010-06-29_queens_madam_forced_young_korean_women_into_lives_of_sex_slavery_in_li_massage_p.html http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1264866 http://www.newser.com/story/94221/ny-madam-forced-korean-women-into-sex-slavery.html http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2010/07/have-you-become-a-hooker-today/
Sex Trafficking2010
United States US
The trafficker allegedly set up appointments for the victim, a 17-year-old girl, using Myredbook.com. The suspect met the victim when the victim was sitting on a curb in Oakland. She recruited the victim to work as a prostitute, took seductive pictures of the girl, posted them online, and handled all monetary transactions. The suspect was arrested on October 12, 2010 in the Good Nite Inn on Veterans Boulevard as part of a police sting operation.
Sex Trafficking2010
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.
CSEC2010
United States US
According to court documents filed in the case, on January 11, 2008, police received a report of a 15-year-old runaway from Montana. The police learned that the girl was being offered as a prostitute on Craigslist, and an undercover police officer made a “date” to meet her. The officer met her in a Sacramento motel room, confirmed that she was in fact the 15-year-old runaway, and took her into custody. The girl told police that she had run away from her home in Montana at West’s urging when she began talking to him online. West paid for a bus ticket for the girl to come to Sacramento from Montana, and she arrived on December 25, 2007. West met her at the bus station and took her to a female friend’s apartment where he had the woman post an ad on the online service RedBook offering the girl as a prostitute. The girl prostituted for West out of a Sacramento motel for two days.
CSEC2010
United States US
Reginald Wilson, 23, of Sacramento, was sentenced on July 26, 2010 by United States District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr., to seven and a half years in prison to be followed by 15 years of supervised release for sex trafficking of minors. Wilson pleaded guilty September 8, 2009. According to court documents, in December 2007 and January of 2008, Wilson recruited two girls, one 15 and one 16 years old, and caused them to engage in prostitution. ______________________________ PRIMARY SOURCE(S): FBI Sacramento - http://sacramento.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/sc072610a.htm SECONDARY SOURCE(S): Department of Justice - http://www.justice.gov/usao/cae/press_releases/docs/2010/08-12-10Sacramento%20PSC%20press%20release.pdf Sacramento Today - http://www.sacramentotoday.net/news/templates/community.asp?articleid=1210&zoneid=1 Sacramento Area Local News - http://cbs13.com/local/Trafficking.Craisglist.Court.2.690752.html Sacramento Bee - http://blogs.sacbee.com/mt/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=36&search=Reginald+Wilson+Jr.+of+Sacramento&keywords=Reginald+Wilson+Jr.+of+Sacramento&aff=5
Sex Trafficking2010
United States US
Randy Chanhmany faces up to five years in federal prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000. The charges against Chanhmany and his co-defendant, Damari Dehan Dontre Anderson, 27, stem from a plan the two men implemented from July through October 2008. The men took photos of two women, published them on the Web site Craigslist and then "drove the girls to various hotels in Utah, so they could engage in commercial sex acts," the plea agreement states. Both men admitted that they also received at least a portion of the proceeds the women made while performing said sex acts.
Sex Trafficking2010
United States US
The men took photos of two women, published them on the Web site Craigslist and then "drove the girls to various hotels in Utah, so they could engage in commercial sex acts," the plea agreement states. Both men admitted that they also received at least a portion of the proceeds the women made while performing said sex acts.
CSEC2010
United States US
The victim escaped from Campbell's home and told her story to investigators. More information is available on her escape and the case on: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/Former_Spur_charged_in_sex_trafficking_case.html Below is the text of the article: http://media.mysanantonio.com/images/MarqueCallaway.jpg Courtesy photo Marques A. Callaway http://media.mysanantonio.com/images/JackZimmerle.jpg Courtesy photo Jack August Zimmerle Yahoo! Buzz RSS | EMAIL | PRINT | SAVE Recommend recommend 3 By Guillermo Contreras - Express-News Authorities have busted up a sex-trafficking ring accused of forcing a 14-year-old girl to have sex with men throughout San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Linked to the ring is former Spurs guard and four-time NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson. Seven people allegedly are tied to the ring, including an R&B performer and a man charged with bribing an official at Kelly USA, a business park at the former air base. Of the seven, Robertson — who played for the Spurs from 1984 to 1989 and was a one-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year — was the last to be arrested Friday, said Deputy Ino Badillo, a spokesman for the Bexar County Sheriff's Office. Robertson was arrested shortly after 4 p.m. in Bentonville, Ark., where he was to attend a basketball shooting clinic this weekend that featured him and former NBA player Ricky Pierce. Lt. Jon Simpson of the Bentonville Police Department told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that Robertson appeared shocked when arrested. The girl, who's now back with her parents in San Antonio, was kidnapped in March 2009 and forced into prostitution after running away from home, officials said. She also was taken to Corpus Christi, where her captor allegedly forced her to dance at a topless club that now faces sanctions by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The girl escaped March 30, 2009, from Leslie Roy Campbell, 49, and reported him to Corpus Christi police, opening an investigation here that lasted three months and culminated in Friday's arrests by the Bexar County Human Trafficking Task Force, Badillo said. The task force works with agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which investigates human trafficking of or by foreigners in the U.S., said Jerry Robinette, special agent in charge of ICE in San Antonio. Investigators found no unauthorized immigrants were involved, and the crimes appear to have occurred within Texas, resulting in state charges rather than federal. Robertson is charged with trafficking of persons under 18 for prostitution, sexual assault of a child and sexual performance of a child, all felonies. Badillo said Robertson is believed to have had sex with the girl, but also described Robertson as a “facilitator,” which means involved in forcing the girl into prostitution. Three alleged “johns” were charged in the case with sexual assault of a child: Murtuza K. Bhavnagerwala, 36, Behzad Mehrinfar, 25, and Jack A. Zimmerle, 40. Robertson's girlfriend, Racquel McIntosh, 41, was charged with sexual performance of a child and trafficking of persons under 18 for prostitution. Campbell was charged with sexual performance of a child, trafficking, sexual assault of a child and aggravated kidnapping. Marques A. Callaway, 35, who performs “Southern R&B,” was charged with aggravated kidnapping. Zimmerle, Callaway and Mehrinfar were released Friday after posting $75,000 bail each. The others remained jailed Friday night, including Campbell, who's serving time in a Beeville prison on sexual assault of a child charges. Last year, the San Antonio Express-News reported the girl ran away from home and was kidnapped by Campbell. He pleaded guilty to sexual assault earlier this month in Nueces County, officials said. The girl escaped from Campbell's Corpus Christi home while he was in the shower, flagged down a passing patrol car and reported that she'd been kidnapped and sexually assaulted for a week. She also told investigators Campbell gave her a fake ID and forced her to strip at Club Cheetah there. Badillo said the task force then began investigating Robertson and the other suspects after the girl complained she was taken throughout Bexar County to have sex in exchange for money. The strip club later sued the girl, her parents, Campbell and Corpus Christi police, claiming the business was “flimflammed” and its operators question the girl's sequence of events that brought her to the club. Before his arrest Friday, Zimmerle was facing trial in March on a charge of paying kickbacks to then-Kelly USA real estate manager Ray Crosby for favorable treatment on bids submitted by Enviro-Tech, a company Zimmerle helped operate. Crosby pleaded guilty and is to testify against Zimmerle as part of his deal, First Assistant District Attorney Cliff Herberg said. Zimmerle maintains his innocence in both cases, said his lawyer, Jay Norton. “I imagine (the new case) is going to delay the trial,” Norton said.
CSEC2010
United States US
Male, age 22 was sentenced to serve 180 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release following his release from prison. Male, age 24 was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison. Male, age 21 was sentenced to serve 108 months in prison. According to evidence presented at trial, the men picked up the 14-year-old female victim from a restaurant on El Cajon Boulevard in San Diego. They drove her to a motel in Oceanside, where they forced her to pose for sexually explicit photographs so that they could solicit “johns” on the Internet to engage in commercial sex acts with the child.
CSEC2010
United States US
On May 27, 2011, Maurice Lerome Smith was convicted after a three-day jury trial. A federal jury returned verdicts convicting Smith on one count of sex trafficking of children by force, fraud, and coercion, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to evidence presented at trial, Smith set up online ads offering commercial sex acts with his child victim. Smith would book the rooms and drive the child to the motels; he then took possession of all the money. The child was told to make a daily quota as high as $1,000. The child testified she met Smith online in 2009. She testified that in September 2010, while walking in San Diego, Smith forced her to get into his car and later physically assaulted her with a belt, had sex with her, and then drove her to a motel to work as a prostitute. Smith told the girl if she did not get into his car, she would be “in pieces in the trunk”.
CSEC2010
United States US
According to an article in The Seattle Times, on Thursday, April 1, 2010: "A Renton man [Deandre Gant, 21] accused of ordering a juvenile runaway to work as a prostitute has been charged with commercial sexual abuse of a minor." The article also explains that "Gant told a 15-year-old Issaquah girl that she had to perform sex acts so 'they' could have some money. The girl told police she has known Gant for about three years and had moved in with him after running away from home." The Seattle police investigating this incident reported that they had "found text messages from Gant on her cellphone, ordering her to keep working."
Domestic Servitude2010
United States US
Fang Ping Ding, 62; Wei Wei Liang, 36; and Bo Shen, 43 recruited a woman from China in December of 2007. They brought her to the U.S. to live in Ding's home and be a nanny and house-cleaner. Upon her arrival at the home, the Chinese woman's passport, identification papers and documents, and visa were taken from her. She proceeded to work in the home which included cleaning, cooking, and providing childcare services. During the work that was forced upon her, she was physically abused and received no pay. The victim escaped in April 2009 and contacted authorities with the help of a passerby. Ding was sentenced to 37 months in prison on a human-trafficking charge for forcing this woman to work as an unpaid live-in domestic servant and for confiscating the woman's visa, passport, and other documents. Liang was sentenced to home confinement. Shen was sentenced to probation on related immigration charges of harboring the victim. The defendants must also jointly pay the woman $83,867.
Sex Trafficking2010
United States US
Most of the defendants were arraigned yesterday in State Supreme Court on Staten Island before Justice Leonard P. Rienzi, who set bail for Mr. Farella at $400,000. He set bail for Mr. Pioppo at $80,000 and for Mr. Galbo at $40,000. Mr. Farella's lawyer, Vincent J. Romano, said he and his client knew about the investigation since the first search warrant in the investigation of the prostitution ring was executed in October 2002. But Mr. Romano insisted that his client's businesses were lawful and that he was unaware that anyone who worked for him was exchanging sex for money. ''It was a business,'' Mr. Romano said. ''It was a legitimate business.'' He said his client ''didn't authorize, force or coerce'' anyone to take part in any illegal activity. ''If it happened, my client didn't know it happened,'' the lawyer added. The women were dispatched from storefront offices in Staten Island and from a Brooklyn apartment and would be dropped off by the limousine drivers, mostly in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, the law enforcement official said. Two women would ride with each driver, and they would work 12-hour shifts, the official said. They carried a device inside the car to make an imprint of customers' credit cards, the official said. At the end of the night, most of the drivers and the women would come together to settle up at a Dunkin' Donuts shop or a diner in Brooklyn, with as many as six of the cars parked outside as the credit-card receipts and cash were counted and the women were given their share of roughly one-third of the proceeds, the official said.
CSEC2010
United States US
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Authorities have charged 14 reputed members and associates of the Gambino crime family -- including nine Staten Islanders -- on counts ranging from sex trafficking of a minor to murder and racketeering. OREFICE, DIFIORE, MANZELLA, SCOTTO, EISLER, MAIURRO, and PORCELLI are charged with sex trafficking and sex trafficking of a minor. From 2008 to 2009, the defendants operated a prostitution business where young women and girls—including an underage girl who was 15 years old at the time—were exploited and sold for sex. The defendants first recruited various young women and girls—ages 15 through 19—to work as prostitutes. The defendants then advertised the prostitution business on Craigslist and other websites. The defendants drove the women to appointments in Manhattan, Brooklyn, New Jersey, and Staten Island to have sex with clients. The defendants then took approximately 50 percent of the money paid to the young women. The defendants also made the women available for sex to gamblers at a weekly, high-stakes poker games that OREFICE and his crew ran
Forced Labor2010
United States US
Just noticed today. rows and rows of sewing machines locked inside a building with no windows and door is gated inside with gray metal doors on the outside. Mostly Chinese women are working there. And just around the corner is the Appellate Court and the Federal Building.
Domestic Servitude2010
United States US
Bidemi Bello, a 41 year old citizen of Nigeria, separately recruited two young women from Nigeria and brought them her home in Suwanee to work as her nanny with the promise of putting them through school. Instead, she forced them to work as her unpaid servants, forcing them to chores by hand, despite having modern appliances. She would make them do things such as cutting the lawn using a knife, and regularly beat them. The young women said Bello beat them with a large wooden spoon, shoes, electric cords and with her hands. Despite living in an upscale home that had multiple bedrooms and bathrooms, Bello made the young women sleep on the floor or a couch. She also would not let them use the shower, but instead required them to bathe with water from a bucket.
Sex Trafficking2010
United States US
A woman picked up as part of a Metro police internet prostitution sting claims a south Nashville man coerced her into prostituting herself. The 22 year old victim told police that she met Donnell Minor, 34,in the University Court area of the Tony Sudekum public housing development. She said that the suspect paid the victim's sister $150 to watch her two children and promised to take her to Miami. Instead of Miami, the suspect allegedly took her to a Harding Place motel, told her that she now worked for him, and that he intended to advertise her services on the Internet, according to police. Police said the victim told them she went along due to threats and the fact that Minor knew where she lived.
Sex Trafficking2010
United States US
Police sent undercover officers into the spa as clients. According to the report, the officers were offered sexual acts if they paid. Police also found advertisements for the business online, although it wasn't clear that the advertisements were for sexual acts. Arrested were Min Ye, 37, and Wendy Yao, no age given. No charges have been filed.
Sex Trafficking2010
United States US
Trafficker(s)receieve women from NYC and drives them to NJ strip club.
Forced Criminality2010
United States US
Fousek allegedly approached two women outside Walmart and asked if they'd like to purchase his 6 month old daughter for $25.00. The two woman took the license place number and reported him to the police.
CSEC2010
United States US
Demont Bowie of Wellman, IA was sentenced to 35 years in prison for kidnapping a 13-year-old Minneapolis girl and holding her in the basement of a house in Williamsburg, IA. He forced her to have sex with his friends and with other men as part of a prostitution ring that his father, Robert Sallis, operated. Bowie threatened that he would kill the girl and her family if she did not comply.
Sex Trafficking2010
United States US
Police acted on tips of about a prostitution ring, "deputies raided a house on U.S. Highway 301 and found one woman. Information from that raid led them to arrest Chavez at his residence at 2101 Fair Place in Wilson. Two women were found at Chavez's residence, but investigators believe that three or four women lived there, Gay said." http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/6977322/
Forced Criminality2010
United States US
Harris County SO received information about illegal aliens being held against their will. Deputies found 2 females. One had been smuggled into the US for $2500. Defendants were recruiting illegals from Mexico, paying their smuggling fee, and forcing the aliens to work off the debt by selling pirated CDs and DVDs. The victims lived with the defendants and were assaulted, threatened, and intimidated with threatening phone calls to their families in Mexico.
Sex Trafficking2009
United States US
A 19-year-old man charged with "pimping" the services of a 16-year-old girl on the popular Craigslist Web site and forcing her to have sex with him made his initial court appearance yesterday. Advertisement Marcus X. Arrington of Halawa is charged with first-degree promotion of prostitution and second-degree sexual assault. His bail was set at $50,000 and he is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing tomorrow. Also charged with Arrington are Anthony Fuller and Brad Y.K. Young. Both also are charged with promoting prostitution, while Fuller was charged with third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug and Young with third-degree promotion of a detrimental drug.