Eric Rashun Jones, Human Trafficking, South Carolina 2023

Human Trafficking Ring Busted in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. — In a disturbing case of human trafficking, Eric Rashun Jones, of Newberry, and Brittany Cromer, of Greenville, have been found guilty of their roles in a human trafficking conspiracy. Jones recruited vulnerable victims and forced them into commercial sex work for his own financial gain. Jones, aided by Cromer, physically assaulted victims, including breaking one victim’s orbital socket.

In June 2023, Jones was convicted of Human Trafficking Conspiracy, and Cromer was convicted in January 2024 of the same charges. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, with the assistance of its law enforcement partners, prosecuted the case.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, human trafficking is a crime that involves compelling or coercing a person to provide labor or services, or to engage in commercial sex acts. The coercion can be subtle or overt, physical or psychological. Exploitation of a minor for commercial sex is human trafficking, regardless of whether any form of force, fraud, or coercion was used.

In recognition of National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina affirms its continued commitment to work with federal, state, and local partners to combat human trafficking in all its forms.

"As we recognize Human Trafficking Awareness Month, we honor the courageous survivors, we mourn the victims, many whose names we will never know, and we remain relentless in our pursuit of traffickers who exploit them," said United States Attorney Adair F. Boroughs. "The U.S. Attorney’s Office — along with our law enforcement partners — will continue our fight to end human trafficking in South Carolina."

The U.S. Attorney’s Office urges anyone with information about human trafficking to come forward and report it to the authorities.

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