Rafael Reyes, Human Trafficking, New Hampshire 2014

BOSTON MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

A Boston man has been convicted of human trafficking after authorities rescued a minor female from a Salem hotel room in 2014.

Rafael Reyes, 33, of Boston, Massachusetts, appeared in United States District Court on Thursday and pled guilty to crimes involving the transportation of a minor in interstate commerce for prostitution, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Donald Feith.

In February 2014, Homeland Security Investigations, Manchester, New Hampshire, and the Salem, New Hampshire Police Department, with the assistance of the Boston Police Department, rescued a minor female who was engaging in prostitution from a Salem hotel room.

Upon further investigation, authorities identified multiple individuals who were involved in the scheme to transport the female from Boston, Massachusetts to Salem, New Hampshire for prostitution, including Reyes.

Reyes is scheduled to be sentenced in March 2016.

The case was investigated by the Manchester, New Hampshire Homeland Security Investigations and the Salem Police Department, in conjunction with the police departments of Boston, Massachusetts and Manchester, New Hampshire, as well as the New Hampshire Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (NH ICAC).

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Nick Abramson and Helen Fitzgibbon.

In February 2006, the government introduced Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative designed to protect children from online exploitation and abuse.

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