NH man pleads guilty to trafficking Chinese women in Maine
July 30, 2021 GMT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) A New Hampshire man joined his wife in pleading guilty to federal charges for their role in a sex trafficking operation that coerced Chinese women into prostitution in New England.
Shou Chao Li, of Concord, and his wife, Derong Miao, appeared in court Thursday after first being indicted on several charges in 2018, the Portland Press Herald reported.
According to court documents, the couple admitted to renting two Portland properties that were used for commercial sex, and that they were involved in transporting at least four women between New Hampshire and Maine for prostitution.