Child sex trafficker gets 472 years in jail - longest in US history


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 23 Nov 2017

LOS ANGELES: A convicted child sex trafficker from Colorado was sentenced to 472 years in prison on Tuesday, the longest sentence for a human trafficking case in the history of the United States, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

Considered the leader of a human trafficking ring, 31-year-old Brock Franklin was found guilty of 30 out of the 34 counts against him this March, including soliciting for child prostitution, sexual assault and kidnapping.

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