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Michigan man indicted on human trafficking allegations

'The indictment . . . alleges that Givhan recruited and transported two of the women, knowing and in reckless disregard of the fact that means of force, threats of force, fraud and coercion, would be used to cause them to engage in commercial sex acts.' Kalamazoo, Michigan, man is charged with alleged multiple counts of sex trafficking and interstate transportation for prostitution.
The indictment of a person by a Federal Information is an accusation only and that person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

U.S. District Attorney's Office
Department of Justice, Western District of Kentucky

WASHINGTON, DC. (Fri 20 May 2016) David Q. Givhan, 34, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was charged by grand jury indictment, unsealed late yesterday, with multiple counts of sex trafficking and interstate transportation for prostitution, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney John E. Kuhn Jr. of the Western District of Kentucky.



Givhan was arrested on May 18, 2015, and appeared before Magistrate Judge Colin H. Lindsay of the Western District of Kentucky on May 19, 2016. Givhan is charged with three counts of interstate transportation for prostitution and two counts of sex trafficking an adult by force, fraud or coercion.

According to the indictment, the alleged criminal acts occurred between October 2014 and May 2015, and involved three women over the age of 18. The three women were transported by Givhan from Michigan to Kentucky to engage in prostitution.

The indictment also alleges that Givhan recruited and transported two of the women, knowing and in reckless disregard of the fact that means of force, threats of force, fraud and coercion, would be used to cause them to engage in commercial sex acts.


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