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Rapes, Beatings, Brandings: Paterson Sex-Trafficking Ring 'Defied Humanity,' FBI Chief Says
A Paterson convict ran a sex-trafficking ring from a New York prison, having the women he controlled raped, beaten and branded with his name, with help from his ex-wife and another accomplice, federal authorities said Thursday.
Jean "Poison" Noriega, 48, used “violence, threats of violence, threats of drug withdrawal, and other means, to compel the victims to engage in commercial sex for his profit, including after his incarceration in New York in 2017,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said.
Noriega had help controlling the drug-dependent victims from Enna Gonzalez, 53, and John "Peachy,” Oyo…
