BOSTON (AP) – A federal court judge handed down a 30-year prison sentence to a man investigators say operated one of the most violent sex trafficking rings in Boston in the last decade.
Twenty-eight year old Raymond Jeffries was sentenced Thursday in Boston. Authorities say he ran a large-scale sex trafficking ring that forced teens and young women into prostitution through intimidation and preying on their vulnerabilities.
Authorities say at least 20 women – some teenagers – were forced into prostitution by Jeffries in a number of states from 2006 until May 2014.
Prosecutors say Jeffries also pleaded guilty to charges that he ordered a hit on a partner that he believed was cooperating with authorities. The victim survived.
Jeffries also has been ordered to undergo sex offender counseling.