According to the US Attorney’s Office, a Cambridge man has been charged with sex trafficking women up and down the east coast. Daniel Rodriguez, 36, was already in state custody when the federal authorities brought a charge of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion last week. According to an affidavit signed by FBI special agent Cam Long, Rodriguez allegedly trafficked at least four victims, including one minor, using threats of and actual violence to force them into having sex with himself and clients. He frequently took them out of Massachusetts and and to states as far away as Florida to perform sex work, while taking all the profits, Long wrote. In one instance, Rodriguez allegedly got into a high speed chase with police, crashed his Mercedes in Randolph, fled the scene, and left one of his victims injured in the flipped over car. The affidavit also describes how Rodriguez tracked victims who declined to participate in his commercial sex scheme and forced one woman to continue having sex with clients while she was seven months pregnant. Rodriguez is currently awaiting an initial appearance in federal court in Boston. Related Articles Massachusetts woman who was a hotel ‘sex slave’ sues chain in federal court Judge scolds Ghislaine Maxwell Massachusetts man pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges Economic group bans Larry Summers for life House, Senate vote to pass Epstein bill Plymouth County see 37% decrease in overdoses Fatal overdoses decreased by more than a third last year in Plymouth County,…
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