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Corderro Cody Sentenced to 30 Years for Sex Trafficking
A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in a sex trafficking operation. Corderro Cody, 28, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Edward G. Smith of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Cody pleaded guilty in October 2015 to charges including conspiracy to commit sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion, sex trafficking, conspiracy to transport individuals across state lines for the purpose of prostitution, and sex trafficking of a minor. In addition to the prison term, Cody was ordered to serve 20 years of supervised release and pay a $1,500 special assessment.
The sex trafficking operation, which ran from at least 2009 through May 2014, involved Cody recruiting women to work as prostitutes and advertising them on Backpage.com. The women were often driven to other states and forced to perform sexual acts, with Cody keeping most of the money generated by the operation.
Cody used physical force, including rape and violent assaults, as well as emotional manipulation to control his victims. One victim was forced to work for him as a prostitute when she was just 17 years old. ‘Cody operated a vicious sex trafficking scheme, using brutal physical attacks and emotional abuse to compel his victims to continue selling their bodies for his profit,’ said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta.
‘The sentence imposed today will ensure that this defendant is unable to subject other girls and women to the tortures that these victims endured,’ said U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger. ‘Investigations like this highlight the collaborative efforts of the many law enforcement agencies involved in the aggressive fight against human trafficking,’ added Acting Special Agent in Charge Jack P. Staton of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Philadelphia.
The case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations and the Allentown Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sherri A. Stephan and Trial Attorney Anita Channapati of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.
Key Facts
- State: Pennsylvania
- Category: Sex Crimes|Human Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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