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Prostitutes Testified Against Human Trafficking Pimp: Atlantic County Prosecutor

A 43-year-old Atlantic City man has been convicted on prostitution and human trafficking charges, authorities said.

Tahir Gregory

Tahir Gregory

Photo Credit: Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office

Tahir Gregory was charged on Sept. 29, 2017 with the human trafficking and promoting prostitution of two women, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office.

Of the course of the two-week trial, the two victims identified Gregory as their pimp over a period of time, the prosecutor said. The defendant would use their addiction to heroin against them, the prosecutor said.  He went so far as to attempt to control one of the victims from the county jail. 

The two victims testified he would also use physical abuse and threats of physical abuse as a way to control them. Both victims testified that he confiscated any money they would earn as a result of the actions he forced them to participate in. Gregory took one of the two victim’s identification, including her birth certificate, as a way to control her. Since then, both victims have entered into the recovery phase of their addiction and were strong enough to testify and face the defendant at trial.

Assistant Prosecutor Deirdre Laws, who represented the State at trial, said, “Because of the victims’ strength, they ended Gregory’s reign of trafficking and spared future victims.”

Sentencing is scheduled for March 7.

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