Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Special Agents have charged a 9th person accused of playing a role in a transnational commercial sex enterprise. Thirty-five-year-old Joana Carrizo-Aponte was arrested in Texas on Tuesday and charged with three counts of Promoting Prostitution.
According to a federal indictment, once the defendants facilitated the victims’ arrival in the United States, the defendants posted ads on sex websites to direct buyers to engage in commercial sex with the victims at motels before collecting the proceeds from that commercial sex for the defendants’ benefit.
The investigation is ongoing.