Federal prosecutors say a man convicted of running a sex trafficking
operation that recruited women and girls as young as 16 years old into
prostitution has been sentenced to life in prison.
A statement from the U.S. Department of Justice
says the sentence for Shahid Hassan Muslim, 33, was handed down
Tuesday. A federal jury found Muslim guilty last August of multiple
charges, including sex trafficking, kidnapping, production of child
pornography, witness tampering and promoting a prostitution business
enterprise.
The statement said evidence showed Muslim's sex trafficking enterprise
operated in Charlotte and other cities from at least 2010 until his
arrest in November 2013. The evidence showed he recruited young women
and girls from the Charlotte area and advertised them for prostitution
on the Internet.
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