Category: New York

Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

March 9, 2017

At only 17-yr old, Malala Yousafzai was the youngest recipient, at the time in 2014, as a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her courageous advocacy of girls education in her home region of Swat District, Pakistan. Blogged for BBC as early as 11-yr old and almost died from being assassinated by a Taliban soldier when … More Day 1 After International Women’s Day – Still Celebrating, Still Advocating

NEW YORK: Three Brothers Sentenced in Brooklyn Federal Court for International Sex Trafficking

February 18, 2014

Originally posted on February 10, 2014 on The Brooklyn Daily Eagle— Loretta Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York. File photo “Three brothers were recently sentenced in Brooklyn’s federal court for the Eastern District of New York to lengthy prison terms after they pleaded guilty to sex trafficking charges. Benito Lopez-Perez and Anastasio … More NEW YORK: Three Brothers Sentenced in Brooklyn Federal Court for International Sex Trafficking

NEW YORK: Victims Tell of Torture They Suffered, Forced to Have Sex with 60 Men a Day

February 18, 2014

Three brothers smuggled the women from Tenancingo,Mexico, infamously called ‘the town sex trafficking built’ They were forced to have sex with dozens of men each day and beaten when they weren’t earning money One used to hope the beatings would end her life so she no longer had to suffer, another was forced to tattoo … More NEW YORK: Victims Tell of Torture They Suffered, Forced to Have Sex with 60 Men a Day

NEW YORK: Women Recall Trauma, Being Forced to Have Sex with up to 60 Men a Day at Sentencing of Pimps in New York Sex Trafficking Ring:

February 12, 2014

By John Marzulli for NEW YORK DAILY NEWS on February 7, 2014— “ Benito Lopez-Perez was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Lopez-Perez subjected his victim, Carmen, to brutal beatings with his fists and feet. Three Mexican brothers from an infamous town of pimps were slammed with long jail sentences after two of their victims … More NEW YORK: Women Recall Trauma, Being Forced to Have Sex with up to 60 Men a Day at Sentencing of Pimps in New York Sex Trafficking Ring: