8 alleged gang members indicted on sex trafficking charges

Friday, April 12, 2019
READING, Pa. (WPVI) -- Eight alleged gang members have been indicted on federal sex trafficking charges after a rooming house was raided in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Dozens of officers from multiple agencies raided the apartment building on South 4th Street March 13.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office in Philadelphia filed the indictments Thursday.

The suspects are accused of trafficking women and girls "by force and manipulation."
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Authorities said some of the victims were under the age of 18.
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