For reporters, it was a big story. For the Corzine administration, it was a big case. But how New Jerseyans react come November will be what matters when the final word is written about a sex trafficking ring that authorities said operated exclusively out of the state's biggest cities.
Allen "Prince" Brown, 47, of Jersey City, forced an untold number of women into slavery, to the point of being beaten if they didn't maintain a daily quota of tricks, state Attorney General Anne Milgram said at a news conference.
"This is a case about human trafficking which, put simply, is modern-day slavery," said Milgram, who made her name prosecuting human traffickers in New York City.
The only difference is that, in this case, the women weren't smuggled in from another country. According to Milgram, they were seductively plucked off slum streets in Newark, Elizabeth, Camden and Philadelphia.
Brown's mother and niece were indicted with Brown and others on a host of charges, including racketeering, human trafficking and money laundering. Milgram even slapped a label on the probe: "Operation Red Light."
Apparently, the brutality and exploitation went on for nearly two decades before "someone" came forward, authorities said. Continued....
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