4 sex-traffic susps in city for fed trial
FOUR MEXICAN members of a family-run international sex-trafficking ring face charges in a farreaching operation that preyed on women and girls, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Efrain Grandos-Corona, Emilio Rojas-Romero, Alan RomeroGranados and Pedro RojasRomero appeared in Manhattan Federal Court on Thursday to face sex-trafficking charges that, if they’re convicted, could put them behind bars for the rest of their lives.
The four were extradited from Mexico, authorities said.
They are accused of exploiting victims in Mexico and United States between 2000 and 2016.
Prosecutors said they forced their victims to service johns between 20 to 40 times a day after luring and coercing them with false promises and threats.
“Sex trafficking is a heinous crime that violates both the rule of law and the most basic standards of human dignity,” U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said in a statement.
“These defendants allegedly deprived women and girls of their freedom, and forced them into prostitution against their will.”