Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Forcing 14-Year-Old Girl Into Sex Slavery

A short news story in the Baltimore Sun today illustrates a gruesome tale of sex trafficking. A 35-year-old man pleaded guilty yesterday (March 10th, 2008) for forcing a 14-year-old girl from Mexico into a life of prostitution.

In the article, we find that this poor girl was forced by Javier Miguel Ramirez to service up to 25 men a day and also forced to lie about her age to clients by saying she was 20.

Clients were charged $30 for 15 minutes of sex according to federal prosecuters. The 14-year-old girl was forced from August 2005 to June 2006 to keep up this grueling schedule and was not permitted to keep nearly any money made from the sexual exploitation.

Prosecutors say that, during that time, the girl was dependent upon Ramirez for housing, good, clothing and other incidentals.

Ramirez will be sentenced in June.

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