A Chinese couple living in Concord, New Hampshire has been indicted for sex trafficking. Charges include conspiracy to engage in interstate prostitution, and fraud. The husband and wife are accused of entrapping newly arrived Chinese women with no money or contacts to have sex with clients. The girls were told they had to work off the cost of bringing them to the United States.
According to the indictment, defendants Li and Miao operated an interstate prostitution and sex trafficking enterprise between July 2016 and at least February 2018. The defendants targeted Chinese women and recruited them to travel to Maine, where the defendants caused them to engage in prostitution, controlled their movements, and isolated them. The defendants rented residences and hotel rooms in Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire for purposes of prostitution, and they employed others outside of Maine to advertise the women on Backpage.com and to communicate with prostitution customers.
If you recall, we reported on how the leaders in the Women’s March opposed the shutdown of Backpage.com.
The Women’s March Tweet, also care of RCP,
“The shutting down of #Backpage is an absolute crisis for sex workers who rely on the site to safely get in touch with clients. Sex workers rights are women’s rights. Follow@SafeSpacesDC @melissagira @swopusa @KateDAdamo @supporthosechi@anaorsomething for more info.”
Kate D’Adamo. That’s a familiar name.
Crisis for human traffickers is more like it. A problem that continues to plague New Hampshire and the nation thanks in part to years of sloppy border control and lax immigration enforcement policies.
