Kevino Graham, 33, Brian Wright, 38, and Renato Teixeira, 24, of Philadelphia, PA were charged today by indictment with two counts of sex trafficking by force, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.
According to court documents, between May 2009 and August 2013, the defendants ran a striptease club and brothel, which they called \”Passionate Touch,\” at a property they leased in the Cathedral Park section of Philadelphia. It is alleged that Graham ran the club while Wright collected the money and Teixeira helped to recruit females to work for the venture and posted prostitution advertisements for the females. It is further alleged that between on or about September 1, 2011, through on or about January 31, 2012, the defendants engaged in acts of force, threats, fraud and coercion to cause young women to engage in prostitution.
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