Canadian Fashion Executive Indicted for Sex Trafficking and Racketeering
Canadian fashion executive Peter J. Nygard has been indicted with racketeering, sex trafficking, and related crimes that involved women and minor girls over the course of 25 years, the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday.
Nygard, 79, Finish Canadian former executive, allegedly committed racketeering, sex trafficking, and related crimes in the past few decades, with at least a dozen victims from the United States, Bahamas, Canada, and other places.
Nygard was arrested on Dec. 14, in Winnipeg, Manitoba province, Canada, at the request of U.S. authorities.
According to the indictment, in the past 25 years, Nygard and his co-conspirators allegedly forced, deceived, and coerced women and minors to have sex with Nygard and others. Nygard has been targeting those women and minor-aged girls who were mostly from disadvantaged economic backgrounds. Nygard controlled these women and young girls with thre