FARGO, N.D. — An Illinois man was convicted in federal court Thursday
on charges of conspiracy and sex trafficking five victims, one of which
was a juvenile.
This conviction resulted from an investigation by
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security
Investigations (HSI), the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation
(BCI), the Fargo (North Dakota) Police Department, the Cass County
(North Dakota) Sheriff’s Office, and the Moorhead (Minnesota) Police
Department.
Anthony Donte Collier, aka Koleone the Great, 29, was
found guilty following an 11 ½-day jury trial of conspiracy to engage in
sex trafficking, sex trafficking a child, and four counts of sex
trafficking.
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Prostitution Boss And Mother Convicted In Columbia Of Multi-State Sex Trafficking
COLUMBIA, SC
A Gastonia, N.C., man was convicted in federal court in Columbia Friday on eight counts including sex trafficking, child pornography and illegal firearms.
Samuel Pratt, 34, who was arrested in Columbia, ran a sex trafficking business that operated in South Carolina, North Carolina and New York, prosecutors said.
His mother, Daphne Pratt, earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sex traffic children in the case, said U.S. Attorney Beth Drake in a news release.
During the four-day trial, witnesses testified about the manipulation and abuse involved in sex trafficking operations at work in the Carolinas that included children as young as 14 years old, Drake said.
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