Woman Charged With Sexual Trafficking
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A Russian woman has been charged with sexual trafficking for allegedly forcing her 18-year-old niece to have sex with men in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Alena Okhotina, 35, was taken into custody Friday by U.S. marshals after a grand jury charged her with six federal crimes. She had just finished serving more than two years in prison on state pandering charges involving her niece, who has since returned to Russia.
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