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— Some <strong>of</strong> the men even sent pornographic images <strong>of</strong> themselves to the detectives and made<br />

very specific requests for sexual activity with the children.<br />

• August 2010 – Naples<br />

— Reported August 13, 2010 by NBC Channel 2 WBBH.<br />

— Wayne Neff, 57, facing felony charges for sex crimes involving a child.<br />

— The 57-year-old Naples man is accused <strong>of</strong> going to a motel to meet someone he thought was<br />

a 15-year-old prostitute.<br />

• July 17, 2010 – Palm Beach<br />

— Reported July 19, 2010, by CBS4 and CBS4.com.<br />

— Butler <strong>of</strong> a man convicted <strong>of</strong> actions related to solicitation <strong>of</strong> underage prostitutes received<br />

same sentence as his boss.<br />

— Alfredo Rodriguez, butler <strong>of</strong> billionaire Jeffrey Epstein will serve 18 months in prison for<br />

concealing evidence <strong>of</strong> Epstein’s sexual exploits.<br />

• February 24- March 31, 2010 – Jacksonville<br />

— Reported August 16, 2010 by Channel 6 News.<br />

— Six arrests were made due to crimes discovered during a joint investigation by the Federal<br />

Bureau <strong>of</strong> Investigation and the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office targeting child prostitution.<br />

— The "Operation Abandoned Hope" investigated child prostitution allegations regarding the sex<br />

trafficking <strong>of</strong> a minor girl, aged 15, between February 24 and March 31.<br />

— Six indictments were issued against six individuals.<br />

Georgia<br />

• July 11, 2011- Norcross<br />

— Reported on July 11, 2011, by Laura Sullivan <strong>of</strong> Lilburn-Mountain Park Patch<br />

— Carl Fredrik Skow, 33, <strong>of</strong> Norcross has been arrested for sex trafficking <strong>of</strong> a child. He made<br />

arrangements for an underage person to be in his custody for a year.<br />

— Officials were able to make the arrest after a two-month operation, according to the GBI.<br />

— The GBI’s new Human <strong>Trafficking</strong> Unit and the Sandy Springs Police Department assisted<br />

U.S. Immigration and Customs to make the arrest. This is the first arrest that the new unit has<br />

been involved in, according to Bankhead.<br />

• July 10, 2011- Atlanta<br />

— Reported on July 10, 2011, by Marcus K. Garner <strong>of</strong> The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<br />

— A missing Nashville teen, 16, was rescued from an Atlanta area human trafficking and<br />

prostitution network, and one man was arrested during the investigation, authorities said.<br />

— According to hotel records agents recovered, the teen had been staying there for more than<br />

30 days.<br />

— She was taken to the Metro Youth Detention Center pending transport to Tennessee, and in<br />

a Friday morning hearing she was waived extradition to Tennessee.<br />

• May 19, 2011- Atlanta*<br />

— Reported on May 19, 2011, by The Associated Press printed in Times Free Press<br />

— Soloman Manasseh Mustafa, 37, <strong>of</strong> Stone Mountain was arraigned before a federal<br />

magistrate judge Wednesday.<br />

— A grand jury indicted him and 24-year-old Kalandra Annette Wallace <strong>of</strong> Jonesboro last week<br />

after prosecutors said they operated a sex trafficking ring in metro Atlanta and sometimes<br />

transported young women to Alabama or North Carolina to engage in sex acts.<br />

— The pair posted ads on websites like Craigslist and Backpage to recruit the young women<br />

between January and June 2010, according to the indictment<br />

— Reported on May 19, 2011, by Steve Visser <strong>of</strong> The Atlanta Journal-Constitution<br />

• April 19, 2011- Catoosa County*<br />

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