2008
Connecticut Man Sentenced to 360 Months in Prison for Leading Brutal Sex Trafficking Ring that Victimized U.S. CitizensDennis Paris was sentenced to 360 months in prison, five years supervised release, and to pay over $46,000 in restitution for his role in organizing a prostitution ring which involved forcing many women to engage in commercial sex acts. Paris operated the prostitution ring in Hartford, CT, where he preyed on young vulnerable women, using tactics such as rape, physical violence, and manipulation of addictive drugs to maintain control over the women.
George Udeozor was sentenced to 97 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay over $110,000 in restitution to the victim. Udeozor was found guilty of smuggling a minor female to his home and using her for unpaid domestic labor and a child care provider for his six children, and physically abusing her.
Jorge Flores-Rojas pleaded guilty in federal court in Charlotte, NC to two counts of sex trafficking of minor females. Flores-Rojas is an undocumented Mexican national, whom admitted he transported a minor female, and an adult female from Charlotte to Washington DC for the purpose of engaging them in commercial sex acts. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years in prison, and a maximum of life imprisonment.
Man Convicted of Human Trafficking Faces Tough Penalties
The state's top prosecutor and a former Iowa lawmaker from Davenport who fought for tough new human trafficking penalties are hailing the first conviction under a 2-year-old state law. A Crawford County jury last week convicted Leonard Ray Russell, 38, of human trafficking and other charges for recruiting two runaway teens into prostitution and performing at strip clubs around Iowa.
Man Sentenced for Human Trafficking, Alien Smuggling Chrages in Florida
Juan Luis Cadena-Sosa was sentenced to 15 years for his role in conspiring to smuggle Mexican women and girls into the US for the purpose of prostitution. He used threats of force, intimidation, and violence to lure them across the border. He is further ordered to pay over $900,000 in restiution to the victims.
Alaska Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison on Sex Trafficking and Drug Charges
Don Arthur Webster, also known as "Jerry Star", was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his involvement in trafficking minors and adults for the purpose of sex. In February he was convicted of 28 counts of sex trafficking in one trial, and in another trial he was convicted of 2 counts of sex trafficking a minor and 9 counts of sex trafficking in adults using force, fraud, or coercion; In addition to the trafficking charges he was also convicted on numerous drug charges.
Woman Sentenced in Human Smuggling Case
Gloria Eugenia Leon-Aldana was sentenced to 48 months for her role in smuggling undocumented workers into the US and forcing them into labor. She was a member of a human-smuggling operation that involved recruiting people from Mexico and harboring them in San Diego, detaining them by use of threats.
St. Louis Women Indicated on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges
Waquita Wallace, aka Goddess, and April Cheney, aka April Wallace, were both indicted on federal sex trafficking charges relating to the forcing of another woman to engage in commercial sex acts. Each faces a maximum of life imprisonment and fines up to $250,000. Charges allege that the defendants used force, fraud, and coercion to lure a woman into commerical sex acts in June 2008.
Consuelo Carreto Valencia pled guilty to one count of sex trafficking that involved transporting young Mexican women to the US and forcing them into prostitution. She faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. Carreto Valencia's served as a manager in her family's sex trafficking operation, where they recruited uneducated women from impoverished areas of Mexico. The victims were forced into the trafficking ring through deception, fraud, rape, forced abortion, and physical violence.
Mexican National Sentenced for Role in Sex-Trafficking Ring in Carolinas
Jesus Perez-Laguna was sentenced to over 14 years imprisonment and over $50,000 in restitution to his victims, for his role in a sex trafficking ring. The ring involved at least one teenage girl, whom was trafficked between states for the purpose of prostitution. After Perez-Laguna serves his sentence, he will be on supervised released for the rest of his life, which includes deportation from the U.S.
George Udeozor plead gulity to holding a 14 year old Nigerian girl in involuntary servitude as a domestic servant, through physical abuse. Udeozor faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release. As part of his plea agreement, Udeozor has agreed to pay $110,249.60 in restitution to the victim.
