A Tennessee man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role in operating a sex trafficking scheme in New Orleans.
Granville Robinson, 27, of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to 294 months in prison for his role in operating a sex trafficking scheme out of the Riviera Motel in New Orleans.
According to court documents, Robinson enforced strict rules on the women he trafficked, requiring them to earn a minimum amount each day, provide him with all of their earnings, and seek his permission to stop prostituting for the night.
Robinson also confiscated some women’s identification to make it harder for them to leave and forced some to get tattoos signifying that they belonged to him.
When the women broke the rules or did not earn enough money, Robinson physically assaulted them.
Robinson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit sex trafficking and one count of sex trafficking on February 3, 2016.
He is the most violent of the seven defendants convicted in this prosecution, said U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s New Orleans Office and Homeland Security Investigations.
Over the past two years, HSI has doubled its number of human trafficking arrests, said Special Agent in Charge Raymond R. Parmer Jr. of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans.
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Key Facts
- State: Louisiana
- Category: Human Trafficking|Sex Crimes|Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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