New York: ICE arrested a fugitive wanted on human trafficking charges. He allegedly forced Eastern European women into prostitution at strip clubs in Detroit, Michigan. ICE agents waited for his commercial flight to land. The women were forced to work 72 hours in a week at strip clubs in Detroit. They were subject to sexual abuse, physical violence and threat to turn over all of her earning to the traffickers.
Connecticut: An owner of a bakery shop pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful employment of alien. He employed at least 10 illegal migrants and placed them in a slave like condition. The migrants were subject to physical, verbal, and sexual abuse by the owner and his two sons. The two sons also failed to pay them fairly as well as threaten to evict them if they complained.
Georgia: ICE agents said sex trafficking is a big problem in Georgia as sex trafficking rings are operating various parts in the state. One victim testified that she was forced into prostitution after being brought to Georgia from Mexico. Her captor also told her that she needed to meet $500 daily quota to pay off the cost of coming to the States. She was forced to sleep with 40 or 50 men a day.
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UK: Immigration officers arrested two Pakistani men and a Slovakian women have been arrested on sham marriage charges. The officers also found a 19 year old Slovakian woman who they consider a potential victim of human trafficking. She was currently taken into a safe shelter.
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