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Posted: Wednesday, 23 July 2008 11:45PM

Two indicted on sex trafficking charges


bereker@cbs.com

St. Louis (KMOX News)  -- Two St. Louis women have been indicted by a federal grand jury on sex trafficking charges. The indictment claims Waquita Wallace, aka "Goddess" and April Chaney, aka "April Wallace" forced another woman to engage in sex acts for money. The indictment says the defendants used force, fraud and coercion to cause another woman to engage in commercial sex acts and the defendants benefitted financially from doing so. If convicted each woman could get fifteen years to life in prison and a fine of up to 250-thousand dollars.

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