One of them allegedly used threats of violence to control the victims and forced two of the women to get tattoos – all while the couple’s own child was present in the home
A couple have been arrested and charged with human trafficking in connection with the exploitation of three women after forcing them into prostitution allowing the couple to cash in at least £300k.
Between 2019 and 2021, Joselito Martinez and Tanya Wurster, allegedly trafficked women in various locations throughout Central Florida,the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation’s said.
The couple allegedly bonded the women out of jail and provided them with housing, only to force them into engaging in “commercial sex acts with customers.” Over the course of two years, this operation reportedly allowed the pair to accumulate more than $300,000 from the victims.
According to investigators, Martinez exerted control over the victims by using narcotics, threats of violence, and even resorting to humiliating acts, such as shaving the victims’ heads.