Tag: Human Trafficking
Peter Gerace, Sex Trafficking, New York 2005
⏱ 3 min read A ruthless Buffalo club owner is going down for a long, long time after a jury found him guilty of running a sex trafficking operation, bribing a corrupt ex-cop, and tampering with witnesses. 59-year-old Peter Gerace, owner of the notorious Pharaoh’s Gentlemen’s Club, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for…
Van Phuong Vu, Alien Smuggling, Washington 2026
⏱ 3 min read Two Canadian nationals, Van Phuong Vu and Johnny Huynh, were busted for smuggling eight Vietnamese nationals into the US via Point Roberts, Washington. The group, including the would-be smugglers, was intercepted at Bellingham Airport last week. According to authorities, the scheme began early on May 5, 2026, when US Border Patrol…
Ricardo Guadalupe Dominguez, Human Trafficking, Texas 2025
⏱ 2 min read A brazen smuggling operation that used hidden tunnels and storm drains to sneak people into the US has landed a Mexican national 42 months in the joint. Ricardo Guadalupe Dominguez, 54, of Ciudad Juarez, was caught while trying to cross back into the States via the Paso Del Norte Port of…
Brandon Sartor, Sex Trafficking, Florida 2024
⏱ 2 min read Brandon Sartor, a 33-year-old Maryland man, has been accused of forcing two adult women into prostitution in Miami and other locations. The alleged sex trafficking occurred from December 2024 to April 2025, with Sartor transporting the victims across state lines for his financial gain. The indictment, returned by a federal grand…
Kelly Denise Hernandez, Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit, Louisiana 2026
⏱ 2 min read Kelly Denise Hernandez, 38, of Birmingham, Alabama, and Enrique Garcia-Gonzalez, 27, a Mexican national, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport illegal aliens for profit in Louisiana. The duo, along with another co-conspirator, had been smuggling aliens from Mexico into the US, then transporting them within the country for a fee.…
Juan Hernandez, Alien Smuggling, Louisiana 2005
⏱ 2 min read A 46-year-old Honduran man, Carlos Roberto Guardado-Ramirez, was caught re-entering the US in Louisiana, violating a 2006 deportation order. He was arrested in LaPlace on December 3, 2025, after a tip from Homeland Security Investigations. Guardado-Ramirez had been previously deported on May 4, 2006, and was found in the US again…
Chuy Garcia, Human Smuggling, California 2023
⏱ 3 min read A 21-year-old man from Penitas, Texas, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in a deadly human smuggling operation. Jesus Grimaldo, known as Chuy, pleaded guilty in October 2025 to harboring and bringing in illegal aliens. Grimaldo’s scheme involved smuggling over 100 people from the Rio Grande…
Juan Carlos Hernandez, Alien Smuggling, Arizona 2023
⏱ 3 min read In a major crackdown, Arizona authorities arrested 288 individuals for immigration-related crimes, including 28 smugglers and 113 re-entries, in a week-long operation. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona filed charges against the individuals, who were referred or supported by federal law enforcement partners, including ICE and the FBI. The cases were…
Anthony D’Montrez Crawford, Sex Trafficking of a Minor, Oregon 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 30-year-old Eugene man, Anthony D’Montrez Crawford, turned a 17-year-old into a cash cow, selling her online for sex in Eugene and Springfield from July to August 2024. Crawford and his wife posted ads and coordinated appointments through phone and text messages, while Crawford also took the teenager to Seattle twice…
David Alejandro Gomez-Flores, Human Smuggling, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read Three smugglers got slammed with federal sentences, including 240 months, for their roles in a deadly transnational human smuggling operation. Over the course of a week, the ring raked in $79,000 in smuggling proceeds, but it came at a steep price: a Guatemalan man died in the process. A Laredo-based human…
