He accepted the award last weekend in Houston. The contest was held at the First Reformed Church of Scotia, and all events were judged by eastern United States pipers Eric Ouellette and Nancy Tunnicliffe.įilemon Tan last week also was the 2018 Epic Project recipient, presented by the House of Gordon. Tan was the aggregate winner across Piobaireachd March, Strathspey & Reel and 6/8 March events, with the ceol mor event having a 50% heavier weighting. Scotia, New York – Octo– The 35th annual Nicol-Brown Amateur Championship went to Filemon Tan of Bellaire, Texas, taking the world’s most established non-professional solo piping competition. On January 11th, Human Trafficking Awareness Day, help educate and drive public attention to this crime that violates our nation’s commitment to human rights and dignity.Filemon Tan: 2018 Nicol-Brown Champion Filemon Tan with the 2018 Nicol-Brown Chalice. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and foreign-born men, women, and children who are trafficked for sex and/or labor purposes in both large cities and small towns. January 11th Is Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Human trafficking dehumanizes and traumatizes victims while often shocking communities upon its discovery. ![]() The prosecution for the government is handled by Assistant United States Attorney Kenneth M. A sentencing date for the defendant has not been set yet. Sentencing Guidelines, which are not biding but provide advisory sentencing ranges. ![]() In determining the actual sentence, the Court will consider the U.S. Guzman-Martinez faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. The defendant has been in local federal custody in the Western District of North Carolina since he was arrested in October 2011. My office is committed to the aggressive prosecution of all sex trafficking cases, and I call upon the public to report any suspicious activity that may help us apprehend and prosecute those engaged in these crimes.” “Few crimes are more heinous than the sex trafficking of human beings,” said Special Agent in Charge Nicholson, “ICE/ HSI will vigorously pursue and prosecute any members of a criminal enterprise engaged in this dangerous, dehumanizing and illegal business.” “This case provides a window into the underground world of sex trafficking and shows that it happens in communities like ours. “Sex trafficking is a horrible crime that treats sex as a commodity and exploits vulnerable persons for financial benefit,” said U.S. One of the prostitutes who worked for Guzman-Martinez told law enforcement officers that she serviced eight to ten customers each day. The defendant stated that the prostitutes, who came from various states in the United States, agreed to stay with him about one week at a time and he transported them to and from other locations to work as prostitutes. Guzman-Martinez received ten dollars for every prostitution customer serviced and the prostitute received fifteen dollars. According to information in court documents and court proceedings, these sexual encounters cost twenty-five dollars each. Guzman-Martinez handed out to prospective prostitution customers business cards that had his mobile phone number, pictures of women posed and dressed in sexually suggestive manner, and the question, “What do you have to lose?” Customers then called the defendant to request a prostitute. ![]() ![]() According to court documents and statements made in court, from about February to October 2011, the defendant operated a residential brothel at 5726 Southampton Road, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The defendant pled guilty to all the charges. On October 18, 2011, a criminal indictment charged Guzman-Martinez with one count of interstate transportation of individuals for prostitution, one count of persuading, inducing, enticing or coercing individuals to travel interstate to engage in prostitution, and one count of unlawful transportation of an alien. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Atlanta and the Carolinas. Nicholson, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Attorney Tompkins is joined in making today’s announcement by Brock D. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Keesler to transporting individuals in interstate commerce for prostitution, enticing individuals to travel in interstate commerce for prostitution, and unlawful transportation of an alien, announced Anne M. – Filemon Guzman-Martinez, 40, a Mexican National, pleaded guilty today in Charlotte before U.S. MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SEX TRAFFICKING CHARGES CHARLOTTE, N.C.
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