Two young women posted nude photos of underage girls on websites to sell the children for sex.
Prosecutors say they rented Airbnbs almost a dozen times so clients and victims could meet. When one victim didn’t want to participate, they allegedly plied her with pills.
The undercover operation eventually led a federal task force to the alleged traffickers and their young victims. The feds accuse those two women of essentially pimping out two 15-year-old girls for sex across Broward and Palm Beach counties.
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Both victims been reported missing by their families in the days and weeks before they were found.Local 10 News reported that both traffickers – 21-year-old Kiara Nunez and 19-year-old Alexandra Ramirez – were escorted into the Broward County Main Jail.
Their case went before a federal judge on Wednesday after the FBI announced their arrests earlier this week. The pair were charged with two counts of sex trafficking of a minor.
According to the Feds, Nunez and Ramirez groomed their young victims for prostitution and trained them to spot and flirt with their potential Johns.
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Not satisfied with the money they were making, they took the operation online, forcing their teen victims to pose nude for advertisements and negotiate their prices.
Undercover agents came across one of those ads and struck a deal for a “two girl special” for $250 to meet up with Nunez and one of those teens for sex.
Fort Lauderdale court documents, where the sting went down, detail how one alleged young victim was sometimes drugged to get her ready for her dates.
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Ramirez and Nunez reportedly threatened both girls’ lives if they ever told anyone about what was going on.
The feds said the sting occurred between October of last year through January, where nearly two dozen Airbnb’s were booked over a span of two months. The encounters are believed to have taken in the Airbnb’s as well as in hotel rooms.
Their case is scheduled to be back before a judge on Thursday.
