A nine-day trial ended on Monday when a federal jury convicted a Florida man on 13 charges of sex trafficking nearly a dozen women, using addiction and violence as control tactics.
Shannima Session, 47, of Lake Placid, Florida, was manipulating women into prostitution with as many as 18 men in one night in “squalid trailers housing migrant workers or in local orange groves” in 2011–2013 and 2016–2019, according to the Justice Department.
Using the women’s dependence on drugs, unstable living situations, and need for housing, federal prosecutors said Session portrayed himself as “caring and empathetic” by promising legitimate work and assistance but was covertly gathering information on his victims’ vulnerabilities to ultimately exploit….