They are changing America by changing the people
The Minneapolis Star Tribune has a great article on how the Somali sex trafficking case (first reported here) was pursued over several years and in several states by a pair of dogged investigators. Here is the lead in: A feisty prosecutor and passionate cop go after Minnesota-Somali gangs. It took a never-give-up attitude to build … Continue reading The back story on the Somali sex trafficking case
I’m simply posting this unremarkable New York Times story on the now old news about 29 Somalis arrested on sex trafficking charges just so I have the link. The NYT begins the story entitled, ‘Somalis in Twin Cities shaken by charges of sex trafficking:’ MINNEAPOLIS — When the girl now identified as Jane Doe 2 came … Continue reading NY Times gets around to Somali Sex Trafficking story
Jerry Gordon writing at New English Review pointed out that our old buddy, Omar Jamal, put his two cents worth into the discussion on the Somali sex gangs, here yesterday. Quoted in a Fox News report, that old reliable quote machine, Jamal, said this: Omar Jamal, an advocate for Somalis in Minnesota, said the allegations shocked the … Continue reading More on the three-state Somali sex trafficking indictment, Omar Jamal is on the case!
This is a story, one of the many, I missed in the days after the Boston marathon bombing when I was busy getting more information on the “refugee” bombers. And, I had been wondering whatever happened in that case involving 30 Somalis charged with using underage girls in a multi-state sex trafficking ring. Some of … Continue reading Somali man convicted in Nashville for refusing to testify in sex trafficking case
By all accounts it could be the largest trial in Tennessee history. And, what has everyone surprised is that none of those who will stand trial in Nashville next month have cracked and asked for a plea bargain. We first reported this story here in November 2010 and more recently here. From The Tennessean: Nearly … Continue reading Epic trial taking shape in Tennessee for 23 Somalis charged in sex trafficking case