Logan County Man Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography Charge

… – A Logan County man pleaded guilty today to receipt of child pornography. According to the plea agreement and … Akers received two images and a video that he knew were child pornography or images depicting children under the age … Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/logan-county-man-pleads-guilty-child-pornography-charge

Des Moines Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Child Pornography Offense

… was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for producing child pornography. According to court documents, Michael … old, Estrada also downloaded other pictures and videos of child pornography from the internet in 2019 and 2020 and distributed videos of child pornography via the internet in March 2020. Acting U.S. …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdia/pr/des-moines-man-sentenced-18-years-prison-child-pornography-offense

Former Montgomery County Children’s Swim School Employee Sentenced to Seven Years for Trafficking in Child Pornography

… Petrese B. Tucker for her distribution and possession of child pornography. In May 2019, the defendant pleaded guilty … from an investigation into her trafficking in videos of child pornography on the internet during November 2018, while … She used the online site to communicate with other child sex offenders and to traffic in child pornography. At …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/former-montgomery-county-children-s-swim-school-employee-sentenced-seven-years

Long Island Gang Member Indicted for Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Minors

… a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor, transportation of child pornography and interstate prostitution. Lampley-Reid … a maximum of life in prison. If convicted of producing child pornography, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of … a minor, sexual exploitation of a minor, transportation of child pornography and interstate prostitution. Project Safe …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/long-island-gang-member-indicted-sex-trafficking-and-sexual-exploitation-minors

Orlando Man Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison For Online Child Sexual Exploitation

… to 17 years in federal prison for enticing an 11-year-old child to produce sexually explicit videos of himself and send … 2019, Planas began chatting online with an 11-year-old child via Instagram messenger. In September 2019, Planas sent the child a pornographic image over the internet that he claimed …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/orlando-man-sentenced-17-years-federal-prison-online-child-sexual-exploitation

Serial Child Molester Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Production of Child Pornography

… sentenced today to 360 months in prison for production of child pornography. On April 26, 2020, Raul Ayala, Jr. pled … about the allegations, and Ayala admitted to touching the child’s penis and putting his mouth on the child’s penis. Ayala said the molestation had been …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/serial-child-molester-sentenced-30-years-prison-production-child-pornography

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Former Member of New Bedford Latin Kings Chapter Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy and Drug Trafficking Charges

… through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most … nation’s illegal drug supply. More information on the OCDETF program is available here: …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-member-new-bedford-latin-kings-chapter-sentenced-racketeering-conspiracy-and-drug

Former Member of Massachusetts Latin Kings State Leadership Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy

… through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), a partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most … nation’s illegal drug supply. More information on the OCDETF program is available here: …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-member-massachusetts-latin-kings-state-leadership-sentenced-racketeering

Fifteen Alleged Gang Members and Associates Charged with Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Counterfeiting Offenses

… part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) operation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles the highest-level … multi-agency approach. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/fifteen-alleged-gang-members-and-associates-charged-drug-trafficking-money-laundering-and

Indictment Charges 8 for Involvement in Drug Trafficking Ring

… through the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Program. OCDETF identifies, disrupts and dismantles drug traffickers, … enforcement agencies. Additional information about the OCDETF Program can be found at https://www.justice.gov/OCDETF …

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/indictment-charges-8-involvement-drug-trafficking-ring

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U.S. Attorney’s Office

District of Minnesota

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, June 10, 2021

Thirty-Six Defendants Sentenced For Their Roles In International Thai Sex Trafficking Organization

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Thirty-six defendants have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in operating a massive international sex trafficking organization that was responsible for coercing hundreds of Thai women to engage in commercial sex acts across the United States.

Matthew Mintz, 29, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty on April 23, 2018, to one count of conspiracy to commit harboring and one count of conspiracy to engage in money laundering. Mintz was sentenced yesterday by Senior Judge Donovan Frank to one year and one day in prison, three years of supervised release, $100,000 in restitution, and 100 hours of community service. Sumalee Intarathong, 60, is the final defendant that was charged as part of the sex trafficking conspiracy. On February 17, 2021, Intarathong was extradited to the United States from Belgium on a 10-count superseding indictment alleging conspiracy, human trafficking violations, and visa fraud.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, this criminal organization compelled hundreds of women from Bangkok, Thailand, to engage in commercial sex acts in various cities across the United States, including Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Phoenix, Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, Houston, Dallas, Seattle and Austin. The trafficking victims were often from impoverished backgrounds and spoke little or no English. They were coerced to participate in the criminal scheme through misleading promises of a better life in the United States and the ability to provide money to their families in Thailand.

Once in the United States, the victims were sent to houses of prostitution where they were forced to have sex with strangers – every day – for up to 12 hours a day, at times having sex with 10 men a day. The victims were isolated from the outside world. They were not allowed to leave the houses of prostitution unless accompanied by a member of the criminal organization. The victims moved around the United States between houses of prostitution in multiple cities. They and their families in Thailand were threatened.

The organization also engaged in widespread visa fraud to facilitate the international transportation of the victims. Traffickers assisted the victims in obtaining fraudulent visas and travel documents by funding false bank accounts, creating fictitious backgrounds and occupations, and instructing the victims to enter into fraudulent marriages to increase the likelihood that their visa applications would be approved. Traffickers also coached the victims as to what to say during their visa interviews. While working to obtain visa documents, traffickers gathered personal information from the victims, including the location of the victims’ families in Thailand. This information was later used to threaten victims who sought to flee the organization in the United States.

The organization dealt primarily in cash and engaged in rampant and sophisticated money laundering in order to promote and conceal illegal profits. The organization used “funnel accounts” to launder and route cash from cities across the United States to the money launderers in Los Angeles. To date, investigators have been able to recover $1.5 million in cash and $15 million in money judgments secured through plea agreements. During the extensive investigation, law enforcement traced tens of millions of dollars to the organization. Indeed, at trial, there was testimony that more than $40 million was sent to Thailand by one money launderer alone.

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This case was the result of an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS (IRS-CI), the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, the St. Paul Police Department, the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s Minnesota Human Trafficking Investigators Task Force, the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, the Cook County (Illinois) Sheriff’s Office, the State Department Diplomatic Security Service, and the International Organized Crime Intelligence and Operations Center (IOC-2). Acting U.S. Attorney Folk also thanks the Thai Community Development Center for their support and advocacy on behalf of the victims of this sex trafficking organization.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/thirty-six-defendants-sentenced-their-roles-international-thai-sex-trafficking

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U.S. Attorney’s Office

Northern District of Texas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, June 10, 2021

West Texas Kidnapper Sentenced to More Than 30 Years in Federal Prison for Abducting 9-Year-Old Girl

A west Texas man was sentenced today to 365 months in federal prison for abducting a 9-year-old girl from a birthday party, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.

Damien Dre Gonzales, 27, of Levelland, Texas pleaded guilty in February to one count of kidnapping. He was sentenced on Thursday by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix.

According to plea papers, Mr. Gonzales admitted to abducting a 9-year old girl at a birthday party in Levelland, Texas to engage in illicit sexual intercourse.

During the birthday party in August 2020, a woman began choking and most of the attendees went to assist with her sudden health emergency. While the minor’s father was attending to the woman, Mr. Gonzales lured the 9-year-old away by asking for her help carrying alcohol to his vehicle. Mr. Gonzales encouraged the girl to get inside the vehicle and then he drove away.

The girl’s disappearance set off a frantic search by her family and those at the birthday party. They notified law enforcement and replayed home surveillance footage that showed the 9-year-old leaving with Mr. Gonzales.

About that same time, the Levelland Police Department received a report of a vehicle parked in the middle of the street several miles from the location of the birthday party. Mr. Gonzales hit a residential mailbox and stopped in the road. While in the car, Mr. Gonzales sexually assaulted the girl by removing her clothes and touching her.

When law enforcement arrived on the scene to investigate the parked car, they discovered the girl inside. Officers noticed that Mr. Gonzales’ jeans were unzipped, and his belt was unbuckled. Inside Mr. Gonzales’ car was an open box of condoms sitting in the passenger seat and one condom was missing from the box.

The victim was immediately reunited with her parents and provided psychological and medical support.

The FBI Lubbock Resident Agency, Levelland Police Department, and Hockley County Sheriff’s Office conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Callie Woolam prosecuted the case.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/west-texas-kidnapper-sentenced-more-30-years-federal-prison-abducting-9-year-old-girl

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Brothers and sisters, you remember what I told you after the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (abbr. EU-China Agreement) was ended, but maybe you don’t fully understand what a heavy blow the end of this deal was to the CCP. Thank about it. The EU-China Agreement was almost the last hope for the CCP as a counterbalance to the United States. The end of the EU-China Agreement has had a tremendous impact on the CCP!

It is no exaggeration to say that the EU-China Agreement would never have been stopped if it were not for us. There are many stories behind it to be exposed. Many people may say that I am bragging. I’m bragging. I’m boasting. I’m blowing my mouth off, okay? Fellow fighters, remember that the EU-China Agreement is very critical.

Regarding what happened in colleges and universities, do you know the relationship between these events and the EU-China Agreement? In the past 30 years, the CCP sent talented people for training, mostly in the United States and Europe.

The end of the EU-China Agreement means the confrontation between Europe and China. Why is there a confrontation between Europe and China? Because of the CCP’s threats, sanctions, crackdowns on Europe, bribing of their officials, the BGY plot, as well as injecting communism. All this has awakened European people.

Just as I revealed to the German government, I told them that if you sign the EU-China agreement, the CCP will definitely require you to make a currency swap, i.e., to swap EUR with RMB. Renminbi is hell money. Moreover, regarding certain technologies, particularly Huawei’s 5G technology that the Germans are optimistic about, the CCP definitely will not agree to your requirements. Besides, it will require the data center and technology to stay in China. How about that? Finally, they figured out the risks of doing a deal with the CCP, right?

Therefore, the EU-China Agreement must be stopped. The United States must decouple with communist China.

Marine Corps Maj. Gen. David J. Furness for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general, and assignment as deputy commandant for plans, policies, and operations, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. Furness is currently serving as assistant deputy commandant for plans, policies, and operations, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C.

Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Matthew G. Glavy for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general, and assignment as deputy commandant for information, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. Glavy is currently serving as commander, Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.

https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2654090/general-officer-announcements/