KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press
A Georgia man and woman used websites to lure young women into meeting with them and then physically assaulted them, prevented them from leaving and forced them into prostitution, prosecutors said.
Soloman Manasseh Mustafa, 37, of Stone Mountain was arraigned before a federal magistrate judge Wednesday. A grand jury indicted him and 24-year-old Kalandra Annette Wallace of Jonesboro last week after prosecutors said they operated a sex trafficking ring in metro Atlanta and sometimes transported young women to Alabama or North Carolina to engage in sex acts. An initial court appearance for Wallace has not been scheduled.
“Atlanta has the unfortunate distinction of being one of the centers for sex trafficking,” said first assistant U.S. attorney John Horn.
Horn said the case is very significant and, though all the victims managed to escape, he said the case illustrates the danger to young women involved and the damage that can be done.