United States: 23 Convicted in Major Sex-Trafficking Ring (Operation Dark Night)😉 In one of the largest sex-trafficking cases in recent United States history, twenty-three people have been convicted for running a widespread prostitution network known as Operation Dark Night . According to U.S. officials, the traffickers lured women from Mexico and Nicaragua with false promises of legitimate employment and better lives, only to force them into prostitution once they arrived in the country. The victims were subjected to brutal physical and psychological abuse, often coerced into performing sexual acts with dozens of men each day—sometimes up to fifty—for as little as twenty-five dollars per client. Investigators revealed that the traffickers operated across multiple states, including Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas, frequently moving the women from city to city to evade law enforcement. Many of the victims were kept under constant surveillance, deprived of their earnings, ...
