司法部起诉三人共谋性贩运未成年人：主犯在加州服97年刑期 被指在狱中用违禁手机遥控作案
美国司法部10月16日宣布，特拉华区联邦法院解封一份起诉书，指控三人共谋以暴力、欺诈和胁迫手段性贩运未成年人。三名被告为旧金山的贾马尔·吉特（Jamar Geeter，39岁）、马里兰州沃尔多夫的卡尔文·卡特（Kalvin Carter Jr.，44岁）和宾夕法尼亚州科茨维尔的贾达·哈斯蒂（Jada Hasty，29岁）；吉特与哈斯蒂另被控制作儿童性虐待材料（CSAM）。
根据法庭文件，吉特此前已因与本案无关的州级性贩运罪名在加州被判97年监禁，目前正在服刑。起诉书称，他在狱中使用违禁手机参与实施被指控的犯罪行为。三名被告被指共谋强迫三名未成年人和一名成年人在特拉华州及其他地区从事商业性行为；吉特与哈斯蒂被指招募、诱骗、窝藏和运送其中两名未成年人，并使用手机和互联网等州际商业设施引诱三名未成年人卖淫，还制作了两名未成年受害者的儿童性虐待材料图像。联邦调查局（FBI）表示，这项横跨东西两岸的调查救出了三名儿童和一名妇女。
司法部刑事司助理司法部长A·泰森·杜瓦（A. Tysen Duva）表示：「这三名被告被指为谋取经济利益，剥削和虐待了四名受害者——其中包括三名儿童。人口贩运是剥夺他人尊严与安全的严重犯罪，任何从事这种令人发指行为的人都将被调查和起诉。」特拉华区联邦检察官本杰明·L·华莱士（Benjamin L. Wallace）表示：「人口贩运网络不会止步于州界，我们的调查工作同样不会。」FBIBaltimore分局主管特工吉米·保罗（Jimmy Paul）表示，据法庭文件，已被定罪的性贩运者吉特在狱中继续指挥虐待行为，哈斯蒂与卡特是其自愿同伙。
三名被告均被控共谋以暴力、欺诈和胁迫性贩运未成年人，以及以暴力、欺诈或胁迫实施性贩运；吉特与哈斯蒂另被控性贩运未成年人、胁迫和引诱未成年人等罪名，吉特还面临制作与接收儿童性虐待材料的额外指控。若罪名成立，三人仅就以暴力、欺诈或胁迫实施性贩运一项，即面临最低15年、最高终身监禁；吉特与哈斯蒂就性贩运未成年人及胁迫引诱未成年人罪名另面临最低15年至终身监禁；儿童性虐待材料指控方面，吉特面临25年至50年监禁，哈斯蒂面临15年至30年监禁。
本案由FBI特拉华暴力犯罪与安全街道特遣队和特拉华州警察局调查，由司法部刑事司人权与特别起诉科出庭律师妮科尔·拉斯帕（Nicole Raspa）和特拉华区助理联邦检察官克劳迪娅·帕雷（Claudia Pare）负责起诉。司法部表示，今年1月，特拉华区曾以刑事诉状就相关行为起诉吉特等人，本次解封的起诉书扩大了被告与受害者范围并增加了儿童性虐待材料指控。起诉书仅为指控，全部被告在被法庭以排除合理怀疑的标准证明有罪之前，均被推定无罪。
Three Charged in Conspiracy to Commit Sex Trafficking of Minors; Alleged Ringleader Directed Scheme from California Prison, DOJ Says
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 16 that an indictment unsealed in the District of Delaware charges three people with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud, and coercion, along with related offenses. The defendants are Jamar Geeter, 39, of San Francisco, California; Kalvin Carter Jr., 44, of Waldorf, Maryland; and Jada Hasty, 29, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Geeter and Hasty are also charged with producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
According to court documents, Geeter is currently serving a 97-year sentence in California for unrelated state sex trafficking convictions. The indictment alleges that he used contraband cell phones while incarcerated to engage in some of the alleged criminal conduct. The defendants allegedly conspired to compel three minors and one adult to engage in commercial sex acts in Delaware and elsewhere. Geeter and Hasty allegedly recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, obtained, and maintained two of the minors, used cell phones and the internet to induce and entice three minors to engage in prostitution, and produced CSAM images of two minor victims. The FBI said its coast-to-coast investigation rescued three children and one woman.
"These three individuals are alleged to have exploited and abused four victims — including three children — for their financial gain," said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. "Human trafficking is a serious crime that strips people of their dignity and safety. Anyone who engages in this heinous conduct will be investigated and prosecuted." U.S. Attorney Benjamin L. Wallace for the District of Delaware said trafficking schemes do not stop at state lines and neither does the investigative work. Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Paul of FBI Baltimore said that, according to court documents, Geeter, an already convicted sex trafficker, continued directing abuse from behind bars, with Hasty and Carter as willing accomplices.
All three defendants face a minimum of 15 years and a maximum of life in prison on the sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion charges if convicted. Geeter and Hasty face an additional 15 years to life for sex trafficking of a minor and coercion and enticement of a minor. On the CSAM charges, Geeter faces 25 to 50 years in prison and Hasty faces 15 to 30 years.
The FBI's Delaware Violent Crime and Safe Streets Task Force and the Delaware State Police are investigating the case. Trial Attorney Nicole Raspa of the Criminal Division's Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Claudia Pare for the District of Delaware are prosecuting. An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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