[ad_1] January 28, 2021 – FRESNO, Calif. – A federal grand jury has returned a one-count indictment against Jatinbhai Naresh Bhakta, 29, and Roy Gene Drees, 45, both of Bakersfield, charging them with use of facilities of interstate commerce in aid of a racketeering enterprise, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. ScottContinue Reading
[ad_1] BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The owner of the Desert Star Motel and the general manager were both indicted on charges of use of facilities of interstate commerce in aid of a racketeering enterprise following the sex trafficking bust at the Desert Star Motel on Union Avenue. According to theContinue Reading
[ad_1] FRESNO, Calif. – A federal grand jury has returned a one-count indictment against Jatinbhai Naresh Bhakta, 29, and Roy Gene Drees, 45, both of Bakersfield, charging them with use of facilities of interstate commerce in aid of a racketeering enterprise, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today. According toContinue Reading
[ad_1] Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that Wally Roy Carter, 61, of Kotzebue, Alaska, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for sex trafficking of a minor. Carter was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 17, and has remained incarcerated since his arrest. According to a criminalContinue Reading
[ad_1] LIMA — A rural Bluffton couple who police say prostituted a young girl since she was 12 years of age were indicted earlier this month on 15 human trafficking-related counts by an Allen County grand jury. Susan Walendzik, 42, and Grant Rose, 57, each were indicted on charges onContinue Reading
[ad_1] TAMPA, Fla. – A man is accused of recruiting victims, including children and foreign nationals, to engage in prostitution in Florida and other parts of the country, according to the Department of Justice [DOJ]. David Alan Quarles, 49, allegedly misrepresented the nature of the victims’ employment and used coerciveContinue Reading
[ad_1] Editor’s note: report was updated with the neighborhoods where the brothels were located. FRAMINGHAM – A man and a woman have been indicted in connection with trafficking women for sex at two brothels in Framingham residences that served as alleged fronts for human trafficking, Attorney General Maura Healey announcedContinue Reading
[ad_1] FRAMINGHAM, MASS. (WHDH) – Two people have been indicted in connection with trafficking women for sex at two brothels ran out of Framingham residences. A Statewide Grand Jury indicted Samuel Artunduaga Herrera, 47, of Queens, New York, Thursday on two counts of trafficking persons for sexual servitude, two countsContinue Reading
[ad_1] TAMPA, Fla. – A man is accused of recruiting victims, including children and foreign nationals, to engage in prostitution in Florida and other parts of the country, according to the Department of Justice [DOJ]. David Alan Quarles, 49, allegedly misrepresented the nature of the victims’ employment beforehand and usedContinue Reading
[ad_1] By Rod Nickel, Jonathan Stempel WINNIPEG, Manitoba/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was charged on Tuesday with sex trafficking, racketeering and other crimes targeting dozens of women and underage girls over a quarter century in three countries, U.S. authorities said. Canadian police arrested Nygard inContinue Reading