Arizona County Official and lawyer pleads guilty
to child smuggling.
Paid the mother's $10,000?
What did he charge the buyers?
Former Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen plead guilty in Arkansas this week to the offense of Conspiracy to Smuggle Illegal Aliens for Commercial Advantage and Private Financial Gain.
Petersen, age 44, pleaded guilty to illegally paying pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to come to the United States to give up their babies for adoption. He was indicted in October for running a human trafficking operation in three states: Arkansas, Arizona and Utah.
Petersen pleaded guilty last week to charges in Arizona and Utah.
https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2020/06/24/petersen-pleads-guilty-to-alien-smuggling-for-financial-gain-in-arkansas/