DOJ: Hartford, Conn. Man Sentenced for Role in Trafficking Ring
The DOJ press release reports:
The Justice Department announced today that Brian Forbes of Hartford, Conn., was sentenced today to 156 months in prison for his involvement in a sex trafficking ring that victimized minor girls and coerced young women to engage in commercial sex acts against their will . . . Mr. Forbes pleaded guilty on March 4, 2007, to three counts of sex trafficking of minors, two counts of sex trafficking adult women (through force, fraud, or coercion) and one count of conspiracy to use interstate facilities to promote prostitution.
Evidence presented at the plea hearing revealed that Brian Forbes found and enticed young females, including minors, from states adjacent to Connecticut, and used a variety of threats to force the young women into providing sexual services to the ring’s clients in and around Hartford, Conn . . .
Related see this article on the Washington Times: Modern Enslavement