Sex Trafficking


A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 252 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for orchestrating a sex trafficking conspiracy in which he trafficked multiple minor girls, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. The prosecution team, led by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Melinda Williams, Laura Provinzino and Emily Polachek, stated, “Anton Lazzaro was a predator who hid in plain sight. He was a sex trafficker who camouflaged his true nature with his wealth and privilege. Today, his crimes were laid bare, and justice was served.” “Mr. Lazzaro targeted, manipulated, and sexually exploited young and vulnerable...

A 21-year-old woman who helped GOP donor Anton Lazzaro sex traffic underage girls at "every step of the way" was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison. Gisela Castro Medina, 21, recruited six girls to have sex with now 32-year-old Lazzaro, documents say. The two met in May of 2020 on a sugar daddy website; Castro Medina brought a 16-year-old girl to Lazzaro's condo at the Hotel Ivy, and Lazzaro paid them $600 for sex. 

The Day We Took Down the World’s Biggest Sex Trafficker

Date Shared: August 3rd, 2023
Date Released: February 4th, 2022
The raid on Backpage’s corporate office in Dallas would ultimately stop thousands of victims from being sold for commercial rape. - In her new book Taking Down Backpage (NYU Press), prosecutor Maggy Krell tells the behind-the-scenes story of how she and her team started with the prosecution of street pimps and ultimately battled the corporate sex-trafficking monolith Backpage.com, which operated in more than 800 cities throughout the world, raking in millions of dollars from commercial sex ads, including ads featuring children. - I steeled myself and examined the place, doing a mental inventory. I was sick to my stomach,...

Baptist Girls’ School Circle of Hope Hit With Sex-Trafficking Lawsuit A former student says Missouri’s Circle of Hope ranch brought underage girls across state lines to abuse.  “There was no state oversight,” Drew said of her stay at Circle of Hope. “There was no one who could come and check up on us, and that was a really scary place to be in. Even though we reported it, nothing would happen.” BAPTIST CHURCHES have 3,274 Claimants in the @boyscouts Bankruptcy settlement with 82,209 BSA CHILD SEX ABUSE Survivors! SurvivingScouting.com  https://www.thedailybeast.com/circle-of-hope-baptist-girls-school-hit-with-sex-trafficking-lawsuit