Beto guilty of sex trafficking: Filiberto ‘Beto’ Chavez faces life in prison for drug, human trafficking charges
U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced Thursday that a federal jury found Filiberto “Beto” Chavez, 37, of Fresno, guilty of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, More...
Kingsmen Motorcycle Club Member, Edgar Dekay Sentenced for RICO Conspiracy
U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Edgar Dekay, 38, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of RICO conspiracy and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, was sentenced to serve More...
Leader of Sex Trafficking Ring, Ariel Guizar-Cuellar Pleads Guilty to Multiple Felony Charges
Ariel Guizar-Cuellar pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose today to sex trafficking of children and sexual exploitation of children, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of More...
Kentucky Woman, Cleoretta Allen Charged with Sex Trafficking 2 Victims
An indictment was unsealed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky charging Cleoretta Allen, 41, of Louisville, Kentucky, with two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or More...
St Louis Man, La’ron Clower Sentenced on Racketeering and Prostitution Charges
La’ron Clower, 29, of St. Louis, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his involvement in racketeering and prostitution charges. He appeared in federal court today before U.S. District Court Judge Ronnie More...
Sex Trafficker, Willie Blackmon Sentenced to 32 Years in Federal Prison
Willie Charles Blackmon, Jr., 37, of Jackson, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carlton W. Reeves to serve 384 months in federal prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for sex trafficking More...
Missouri City Man, Eddie Larue Sentenced for Sex Trafficking a 12 year old Girl
A 33-year-old Missouri City man has been ordered to prison for sex trafficking of a minor female, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Eddie Charles Larue pleaded guilty Oct. 11, 2018, to one count of sex trafficking. Today, More...
California Man, Ronald Ean Taylor Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking of 6 Victims
A Sacramento, Calif., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to the sex trafficking of six victims. Ronald Ean Taylor, 45, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to six counts of the sex trafficking More...
Malik Malveaux arrested in Santa Ana human trafficking bust
Santa Ana police said in a news release that Malik Malveaux is one of the suspects arrested in a human trafficking bust that resulted in three teens being rescued. The investigation began when officers made contact More...
Nevada sued over legal prostitution: It promotes sexual exploitation, trafficking
Nevada’s sanction of organized sexual exploitation—that is, its legalized system of prostitution—has created powerful economic incentives for the “supply and distribution” of people for sex—especially More...
Michigan: James Yun charged in human trafficking case
Madison Heights police announced Friday that James Yun has been charged in a human trafficking case, prostituting a Chinese citizen. James Yun Yun, 36, was arrested by the department’s Special Investigations More...
Dog Pound Gangster, Kiandre Johnson Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison
Kiandre Johnson, 25, of Fresno, was sentenced Monday to 11 years and six months in prison for engaging in a conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering and using a facility of interstate commerce to facilitate More...
Monroe County Man, Jamiell Sims Sentenced to 12 Years for Heroin and Sex Trafficking
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jamiell Sims, age 30, of Monroe County, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on January 17, 2019, to 151 months’ imprisonment More...
West Suburban Sex Trafficker, Allen Young Sentenced to 21 Years in Federal Prison
An Oak Park man has been sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for sex trafficking several children in the Chicago area. ALLEN YOUNG trafficked and facilitated the prostitution of four young girls in the Chicago More...
Defendants Charged with Interstate Prostitution and Sex Trafficking Enterprise
An indictment was unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine charging Shou Chao Li, 37, and Derong Miao, 37, both of Concord, New Hampshire, with one count of conspiracy to engage in interstate More...
Columbia Man, Kenneth Jones Sentenced to 15 Years for Child Sex Trafficking
A Columbia, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for his role in a prostitution operation that involved sex trafficking a minor victim. Kenneth Ronald Jones, 26, of Columbia, was sentenced by U.S. District More...
Minnesota: Five convicted for sex trafficking women from Thailand, placing then across America
The Justice Department announced Thursday that five people have been convicted by a federal jury in St. Paul, Minn., for involvement in an international sex trafficking ring. This sex trafficking organization transported More...
Feds bust New York sex trafficking ring, arrest 19: Hubert Dupigny, Hensley Dupigny named in case
Federal prosecutors in New York have charged nineteen people tied to a sex trafficking ring that exploited teenage victims at the Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Residential Treatment Center, a center for children with More...
Dallas: Helen Kim indicted for prostitution, human trafficking ring
Following a sting operation at a Dallas hotel earlier this month, law enforcement liberated dozens of women sold for sex, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox, Northern District of Texas. This week, a federal More...
Chambersburg Man, Keanu Davone Sentenced 10 Years for Sex Trafficking a Minor
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Keanu Davone Martinez, age 22, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on November 1, 2018, by Chief U.S. District More...