Sex Trafficking2009
New York, United States, 2009
United States US
law enforcement thought they were going to close down a illegial hotel operation but found something very different instead.
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Sex Trafficking2009
New York, New York, United States, 2009
United States US
The madam was a senior citizen and the prostitute was just a kid. Vice cops raided a grimy midtown brothel called Episodes, where a 64-year-old hustler oversaw a stable of women - the youngest just 15 - giving "sex massages," police sources said. The W. 38th St. whorehouse was decidedly low-rent - mattresses on the floor of tiny rooms and a sign advertising $1 bottles of water, sources said. "I know things are tough, but $1 isn't going to break anyone," read the sign in the fourth-floor sex pad. Cloth butterflies and small "Phantom of the Opera" masks were the only decor in stark contrast to the majestic West End building where alleged madam Noreen Williams lived. Cops said Williams had been hustling prostitutes since at least 1997, which was news to her neighbors. "She was just a normal, polite old woman. She's always walking her two dogs. She doesn't dress flashy," said a stunned West End resident. When cops raided Episodes on Thursday afternoon, Williams was booking clients, and a 15-year-old hooker was getting ready to turn a trick in one of the back rooms, sources said. Williams told cops she had no idea the young Hispanic girl was only a high school student, sources said. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/08/15/2009-08-15_brothel_offered_teen_sex_cops_say_madam_64_ran_grimy_midtown_biz.html#ixzz0Que2LfQk
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Sex Trafficking2009
Newberg, Oregon, United States, 2009
United States US
Sept. 4 report from KATU news: http://www.katu.com/home/related/63679802.html On Sept. 4 a 15-year-old girl disclosed to Newberg-Dundee police officers, 44-year-old Newberg resident Darrin Vaughn Daily, had given her marijuana and alcohol and had sex with her. During the investigation, a search warrant was executed for the residence at 720 South River Street, Apt B, Newberg, and evidence was seized. During the investigation, detectives said they discovered that a 14-year-old girl also may have been a victim. During her interview, detectives said they learned Daily also engaged in sexual activity with her. The girl reported Daily had taken photographs during the sexual activity, which included occasions when she was tied up, occasions involving sexual intercourse with his dog, and occasions of group sex resulting from Daily posting a Craigslist advertisement inviting other adults to engage in sexual activity with the minor. A second search warrant was executed and Daily's computer was seized, as well as other media storage devices. The Newberg-Dundee Police Department Computer Forensics detectives analyzed the computer and located many photographs of the 14 year old engaged in sexual activity with multiple adults as well as images of the minor engaging in sexual intercourse with the dog. Images of a four year old being sexually abused also were found. Detectives were able to locate three adult males who responded to the Craigslist advertisement to engage in sexual activity with the 14 year old, as well as one adult female who engaged in sexual activity with one of the minor females. The three adult males arrested were: 43-year-old Patricio Moreno of Forest Grove, 34-year-old Robert Thompson of Portland and 41-year-old David Garcia of McMinnville. The adult female, Alisa Nice of McMinnville, has not been located for arrest at the time of this release. Detectives were able to locate and interview the four year old in the images found on Daily's computer. The four year old disclosed being sexually abused by Daily and is currently being cared for with the assistance of Juliette's House Child Abuse Assessment Center in McMinnville. Newberg-Dundee police credit their ability to analyze Daily's computer and retrieve the digital evidence in a timely manner with being able to locate, identify and apprehend those involved in the case. Darrin Vaughn Daily is being held in the Yamhill County Jail on $1 million security and is charged with: Using Child in Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct (6 counts - Measure 11) Sexual Abuse in the First Degree (2 counts - Measure 11) Sexual Assault of an Animal (2 counts) Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana) to a Minor (3 counts) Online Sexual Corruption of a Child in the First Degree Encouraging Child Sexual Abuse in the First Degree Rape in the Third Degree (18 counts) Sodomy in the Third Degree (5 counts of oral-to-genital contact with a minor) Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree (6 counts) Endangering the Welfare of a Minor (3 counts) Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree. Robert Dwain Thompson is being held in the Yamhill County Jail on $750,000 security and is charged with: Using Child in Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct (3 counts - Measure 11) Rape in the Third Degree (3 counts) Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree (5 counts). David Garcia was being held in the Yamhill County Jail on $100,000 security but has posted bond. He is charged with: Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree (4 counts) Rape in the Third Degree (2 counts). Patricio Moreno is being held in the Yamhill County Jail on $15,000 security; he will be arraigned sometime Wednesday. He is charged with: Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree (4 counts) Rape in the Third Degree (2 counts) Sodomy in the Third Degree (2 counts).
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Sex Trafficking2009
Northeast Philadelphia, United States, 2009
United States US
Police arrested two men at the scene on charges of kidnapping, rape, and possession of narcotics, says cbs3.com. Police took three women into custody for on suspicion of prostitution. The prostitution ring may be part of a much larger operation, say investigators.
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Sex Trafficking2009
Oak Hill, Tennessee, United States, 2009
United States US
Timothy Lee, 42, and son Charles Lee, 24 of Arizona were arrested at a hotel south of downtown Nashville and charged with trafficking women in sexual servitude .The victims were a 20 year old from Texas,who was picked up at a bus station and held against her will, a 22 year old woman from Las Vegas and two sisters, ages 22 and 18, from Denver. Detectives later found three of the women advertised in the erotic services sections of three Internet sites. One of the women told police that she had been traveling with the men for the past few years and was not allowed to leave them. The Texas woman was approached with a job offer at a bus station.The women were sold for prostitution in Colorado, California and Idaho as well as Tennessee.
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Sex Trafficking2009
Orange County, California, United States, 2009
United States US
The State Attorney's office and Orange county sheriff's office resulted in both traffickers being charged
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Sex Trafficking2009
Paris, France, 2009
France FR
French Culture Minister Refuses to Resign Over Paid Sex Trysts Print By KATRIN BENNHOLD Published: October 8, 2009 PARIS — When he took the post of culture minister of France last June, Frédéric Mitterrand probably did not think that a four-year-old tell-all book could come back to haunt him. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Stephane De Sakutin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images An admission that he paid for sex with “young boys” in Thailand has led to a growing campaign to oust Frédéric Mitterrand from his position as French culture minister. Readers' Comments Readers shared their thoughts on this article. Read All Comments (30) » But this week his admission in a 2005 autobiography that he paid for sex with “boys” in Thailand became the subject of a campaign to oust him from the cabinet of President Nicolas Sarkozy. The reason for the sudden interest in Mr. Mitterrand’s prose was his quick and energetic defense last month of the film director Roman Polanski, who is fighting extradition to the United States from Switzerland over a charge resulting from his having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. On Monday, Marine Le Pen, daughter of the founder of the far-right National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, produced Mr. Mitterrand’s autobiography, “The Bad Life,” during a late-night television show and began reading excerpts before calling for his resignation. Then, on Wednesday, the spokesman of the Socialist Party, Benoît Hamon, seized on the issue: “As a minister of culture he has drawn attention to himself by defending a filmmaker accused of raping a child, and he has written a book where he said he took advantage of sex tourism. At the very least I find this shocking.” By Thursday the pressure had become so intense that Mr. Mitterrand, 62, a nephew of former President François Mitterrand and a longtime television celebrity, scheduled an appearance on prime-time television to defend himself. “Yes, I had relations with boys,” a visibly shaken Mr. Mitterrand told the interviewer on the TF1 network when he was asked about the passage in his book that talks about seeking out male prostitutes in Southeast Asia. But he insisted that all his sexual partners had been consenting adults about his age at the time. Mr. Mitterrand had referred to the male prostitutes sometimes as “garçons,” or boys, and sometimes as “gosses,” or kids, injecting some ambiguity about age into the debate. Had he committed an error? “An error, yes. A crime, no,” the minister said Thursday, ruling out his resignation. Mr. Polanski’s case has a special resonance in France because the 76-year-old director was born in France. He fled the United States in 1978 and had been living in France before being arrested in Switzerland on Sept. 26.
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Sex Trafficking2009
Plymouth, United Kingdom, 2009
United Kingdom GB
The police were tipped off and then launched an undercover investigation. This led to them getting three warrants, and so they simultaneously executed Operation Hinton, raiding the properties on September 30, 2009. During the mission, police were accompanied by three interpreters. The police arrested the perpetrators and freed the victims, treating them as witnesses.
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Sex Trafficking2009
Pooler, Georgia, United States, 2009
United States US
Police had received reports from neighboring businesses, legitimate masseuses, and a local woman about the J Spa. It featured Asian women in bikini tops and miniskirts offering full-body rub-downs and a range of sexual services for $100-130. The employees lived at the massage parlor, and it was open till 2am. It was noted that local men, aged 40-85, were visiting the spa around the clock. The police set up a bust, but the spa was empty. One "employee" was charged with prostitution. She was taken to jail and released on cash bond the next day.
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Sex Trafficking2009
Portland, Oregon, United States, 2009
United States US
Donnico T. Johnson, 37., and co-defendent Lisa Miles, 30. Portlanders. Johnson is being charged with sex trafficking, trasportation of a minor and coercion, and enticement of the girl.
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Sex Trafficking2009
Portland, Oregon, United States, 2009
United States US
The case was brought on by the Oregon Human Trafficking Task Force. It was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Tigard Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kemp L. Strickland is prosecuting the case for the U.S. Attorney Office of Oregon. Jackson was arrested 5/11 and a jury trial is set for 8/11/09.
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Sex Trafficking2009
Pound Ridge, New York, United States, 2009
United States US
65 year old Author of "The International Who's Who of Chefs 2004-2005" Joseph Yannai surrendered himself to police authorities may 18, 2009 after allegations of human trafficking and sexual abuse. He promissed to pay the girls $2000.00 a month to work for him, and have housing elsewhere, also receiving $20,000.00 at the end of the year. The girls realized very quickly something was not right. Their e-mails were monitered, they did not get any spending money, and there were pictures of Joseph having sex with other women up to six or seven who are believed to be victims. There are allegations that these women were forced to do manual labour for Joseph as well as being forced into sexual acts with Joseph.
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Sex Trafficking2009
Ranong, Trang, South Thailand, Thailand, 2009
Thailand TH
Victims trafficked by Burmese gangs. Two of the brokers are ethnic Mon men from Burma. Most traffickers worked on and ran fishing boats. They trafficked the victims by road and told them they would work on a construction site, earning a sufficient wage. If captives complained, the traffickers threw them overboard or sold them to other boats.
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Sex Trafficking2009
Roma, Italy, 2009
Italy IT
A group of 34 suspects, mainly Nigerian citizens accused of trafficking women for sex. Two Italian doctors conducting forced abortions. http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE55N0FK20090624 http://www.agi.it/italy/news/200906240942-cro-ren0006-human_trafficking_police_blitz_30_arrested_2_doctors
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Sex Trafficking2009
Safety Harbor, Florida, United States, 2009
United States US
The Police received a tip in 2004 for a brothel. In response they sent a undercover officer who found a prostitute however she was willing, but later this incident revealed a sex-trafficking ring. One night 2 prostitutes were seen running from a trailer associated with this brothel. The police then arrested the man who had been keeping them in there and through thi they found out about the ringleader. After this, they had a undercover agent arrange to rescue one of the girls. Through questioning the rescued victim, they found out the ringleaders general route and pulled resources together and arrested him.
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Sex Trafficking2009
Salisbury, Maryland, United States, 2009
United States US
Ishwarlai Kalidas Patel, 72, one of three managers at the Thrift Travel Inn,was indicted by a grand jury on prostitution, human trafficking and conspiracy charges after allegedly arranging sexual services for an undercover police officer. Ramanbhai Patel, 59, and Dakshaben Patel, 55, were also charged but have not yet been indicted. The State Attorney commented "They're profiting financially from arranging appointments between individuals for the purposes of prostotution and/or demanding compensation from the (women.)"
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Sex Trafficking2009
San Mateo, United States, 2009
United States US
Timothy Richardson and Robert Hendricks pleaded guilty in mid August to traffickign two owmen in their 20's for commercial sex beginning in November when Hendricks met the victims in Lake Tahoe. Hendricks forced the women into acts of prostitution over the next several weeks. He then sold htem to Richardson. The women were often separated and beaten and one womans life was threatened. At some point one of them managed to reach a relative who called the Santa Clara Police.
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Sex Trafficking2009
San Rafael, Argentina, 2009
Argentina AR
The owner of a bar (El Cerrito) in San Rafael. Other individuals are also likely involved in the trafficking of the victim (trafficked from a different Argentine province).
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Sex Trafficking2009
San Rafael, Argentina, 2009
Argentina AR
The owner of a bar (El Cerrito) in San Rafael. Other individuals are also likely involved in the trafficking of the victim (trafficked from a different Argentine province).
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Sex Trafficking2009
San Rafael, Argentina, 2009
Argentina AR
The owner of a bar (El Cerrito) in San Rafael. Other individuals are also likely involved in the trafficking of the victim (trafficked from a different Argentine province).
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Sex Trafficking2009
San Rafael, Argentina, 2009
Argentina AR
The owner of a bar (El Cerrito) in San Rafael. Other individuals are also likely involved in the trafficking of the victim (trafficked from a different Argentine province).
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Sex Trafficking2009
San Rafael, Argentina, 2009
Argentina AR
The owner of a bar (El Cerrito) in San Rafael. Other individuals are also likely involved in the trafficking of the victim (trafficked from a different Argentine province).
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Sex Trafficking2009
San Rafael, Argentina, 2009
Argentina AR
The owner of a bar (El Cerrito) in San Rafael. Other individuals are also likely involved in the trafficking of the victim (trafficked from Columbia).
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Sex Trafficking2009
San Rafael, Argentina, 2009
Argentina AR
Gave permission to the victim to return to Paraguay after victim escaped from bondage. Since the victims escaped the trafficker has not been tracked down.
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