Northeastern University

2009

Wisconsin Couple Sentenced for Forcing a Woman to Work as Thier Domestic Servant for 19 years

Jefferson Calimlim Sr. and his wife, Elnora Calimlim, both medical doctors in Milwaukee, Wis., were each sentenced today to 72 months in prison for forcing a woman to work as their domestic servant and illegally harboring her for 19 years in their Brookfield, Wis., residence. The defendants, initially sentenced on Nov. 16, 2006, to four-year prison terms each, were re-sentenced today, after the Court of Appeals identified legal errors in the initial sentencing and remanded to the trial court for re-sentencing.

Honolulu Man and Woman Indicted on Federal Sex Trafficking Charges

A federal grand jury in the District of Hawaii has indicted Rodney D. King and Sharon-Mae Nishimura, both of Honolulu, on multiple counts of federal sex trafficking of adult women and minor female victims. The indictment alleges that from periods within April 2006 through June 2007, King used force, fraud and coercion to engage two adult women in commercial sex and that he did so for his own financial benefit. The indictment also alleges that King attempted to engage a third adult woman in commercial sex in October 2007 by using force, fraud and coercion; and that Nishimura aided and abetted him in that attempt. If convicted of any of these counts, King and Nishimura would each face a sentence of imprisonment for a period of 15 years to life.

Eight Uzbekistan Nationals among 12 Charged with Racketeering, Human Trafficking & Immigration Violations in Scheme to Employ Illegal Aliems in 14 States

12 defendants, including eight Uzbekistan nationals, have been charged in a 45-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on May 6, 2009, on RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) charges related to labor racketeering, forced labor trafficking and immigration and other violations in 14 states.

Houston Man Sentenced for Human Trafficking and Alien Smuggling Charges

Maximo Mondragon was sentenced to 156 months imprisonment for his role in trafficking Central American women to the US. He lured the women with false promises of good jobs, then forced them into working in bars and cantinas. Mondragon is the last of eight defendants to be convicted and sentenced in this scheme.

St. Louis woman pleads guilty of sex trafficking

A woman accused of torturing a mentally disabled teenager and renting her out for sex pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in St. Louis to a sex-trafficking charge.Waquita "Goddess" Wallace faces 15 years to life in prison, and a fine of up to $250,000. Sentencing will be July 7.

Human Trafficking Rescue Project: Operation Guardian Angel

Matt J. Whitworth, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that four men - including an active duty Naval recruiter, an insurance manager at a Plaza-area office, an out-of-state car dealership's finance manager and a truck driver - were indicted by a federal grand jury today, in four separate cases, on charges related to the sex trafficking of children. Today's indictments are the result of Operation Guardian Angel, a unique undercover law enforcement investigation targeting the demand for child prostitutes in the Kansas City area. Operation Guardian Angel was conducted by the Human Trafficking Rescue Project, a joint task force from the Independence Police Department, the FBI, ICE, and the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department.

Memphis Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Sex Trafficking Charges

Leonard Fox pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge for sex trafficking minors to engage in commercial sex acts. Fox recruited and obtained underage girls and arranged for them to engage in sexual acts for his financial benefit. Fox faces up to life in prison, but will serve the mandatory minimum of 10 years imprisonment. He will be sentenced May 28, 2009.

Five Defendants Convicted of International Sex Trafficking for Forcing Central American Girls and Women into Prostitution

Five defendants are facing potential life sentences after being found guilty, on February 11, 2009, on sex trafficking charges. The five individuals are all members of an extended family that participated in a scheme to lure Central American women and girls to the Los Angeles area for the purpose of prostitution.

Walnut Creek Woman Charged with Forced Labor of Domestic Servant

On February 9, 2009, a federal grand jury in the Northern District of California returned a five-count superseding indictment charging a defendant with forced labor, document servitude, visa fraud, conspiracy, and alien harboring for financial gain arising from the defendant's bringing the victim into the United States to work as a domestic servant and using threats of deportation and control of the victim's identification documents to compel the victim to remain in the defendant's service.

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