Prosecutors in Maryland said the enterprise known as “Pink Pleasure Entertainment” operated for years before authorities shut it down recently. “They used threats and violence to keep these young women under their control,” Frosh said. The Office of the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Unit is responsible for prosecuting the case and has been working with the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office. Mosby, Jones and Perry were indicted by a local grand jury earlier this month on charges involving four victims, Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks said. The investigation began with an undercover operation by Prince George’s County police, Chief Henry P. Stawinski III said.

Source: Washington Post August 16, 2016 13:52 UTC