Eight Venezuelan Nationals Charged With Offenses Related to Their Roles in a Transnational Commercial Sex Enterprise

Excerpt:  “A four-count indictment was unsealed yesterday in the Middle District of Tennessee charging eight defendants with various offenses arising from their respective roles in a transnational commercial sex enterprise. … According to the indictment, once the defendants facilitated the victims’ arrival in the United States, the defendants utilized online commercial sex websites to post advertisements for the victims and then used the internet and their cellular phones to direct commercial sex buyers to engage in commercial sex with the victims at the motels before collecting the proceeds from that commercial sex for the defendants’ benefit. ‘This indictment demonstrates our commitment to stop human trafficking whenever and wherever we find it, and to hold those involved accountable,’ said Acting U.S. Attorney Robert E. McGuire for the Middle District of Tennessee.”