GREENVILLE, N.C. - The ring leader in a human trafficking organization has been arrested.
That's according to the Pitt County Sheriff's Office.
37-year-old Oscar Salinas-Rodriguez was taken into custody Thursday at a brothel house on Highway 264 East in Greenville.
Deputies say the prostitution operation is part of a larger criminal organization.
A female victim from western North Carolina was identified and rescued. She was allegedly promised a cleaning job, but when she arrived, she was forced to engage in sex labor. She had been held at the brothel for about a week.
46-year-old Kenia Susana Valdez-Gomez of Brooklyn, NY and 20-year-old Jose Machado Castro of Wilson were also arrested and charged with Solicit for Prostitution.
Valdez-Gomez and Castro were both placed in the Pitt County Detention Center under a $5,000 secured bond.
Salinas-Rodriguez is also charged with Sexual Servitude Adult Victim and also placed in the Pitt County Detention Center under a $100,000 secured bond, as well as an immigration detainer.
Multiple agencies took part in the operation.
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