Dossier
Venezuelan women
Coverage of Venezuelan women in the Nexus archive.
- Mother leads family operation to smuggle Venezuelan women into Nashville for sex-trafficking ring
A mother led a family-based sex-trafficking ring in Nashville, smuggling Venezuelan women into the U.S. and forcing them into commercial sex work. The group exploited victims by imposing inflated smuggling debts and using threats of violence, with nine members pleading guilty to human trafficking and related charges.