Witness who refused to testify in Nashville Somali sex trafficking case faces jail time

One of the Somalis the government hoped would testify in the Somali sex trafficking case* said he feared for his life if he snitched on his fellow countrymen. From AP: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Somali man who refused to testify against gang members in a sex trafficking trial in Nashville told a judge that … Continue reading Witness who refused to testify in Nashville Somali sex trafficking case faces jail time

Police try new tactic to defeat Kurdish gangs in Nashville neighborhoods

It looks like this will be Muslim refugee crime day at RRW.   First, we had new information about the Burmese Muslim murder suspect in Salt Lake City and I have yet to get to the North Dakota Somali murderer and here comes news from the Kurdish capital of the United States—Nashville—about efforts by police to … Continue reading Police try new tactic to defeat Kurdish gangs in Nashville neighborhoods

Somali sex trafficking trial underway in Nashville

Update April 21st:  More sordid details from the on-going trial, here. Case is complicated by lack of accurate birth dates for the former refugees. From AP at the Minneapolis Star Tribune: NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Forensic experts testified about DNA evidence during the second week of a federal trial involving several defendants accused of using a … Continue reading Somali sex trafficking trial underway in Nashville