Sex trafficking

WASHINGTON, Friday, July 18, 2008 -- Jesus Perez-Laguna, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced today in federal court in Columbia, S.C., on charges stemming from a sex trafficking ring involving at least one teenage girl. Perez-Laguna was sentenced to over 14 years imprisonment and ordered to pay $52,500 in restitution to his victims. After his release from prison, Perez-Laguna will be on federal supervised release for the rest of his life.

As a condition of supervised release, U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Anderson ordered that Perez-Laguna be surrendered to immigration officials for deportation proceedings and further ordered that Perez-Laguna not return to the United States while on supervised release.    » read more »

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2008, WASHINGTON – Wei Qin Sun, a national of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was sentenced on Feb. 22, 2008, in federal court in the Northern Mariana Islands following her conviction for sex trafficking, the Justice Department announced today. The Northern Mariana Islands is a territory of the United States located in the Pacific Ocean. Sun was sentenced to 41 months imprisonment. After her release from prison, Sun will be on federal supervised release for three years.    » read more »