A federal grand jury in Fort Pierce, Florida, indicted a man for ten counts of sex trafficking.
According to court documents, between 2011 and 2019, Shannima Yuantrell Session, aka Shalamar, 46, of Lake Placid, trafficked seven women and three girls.
Session allegedly recruited his victims through violence and threats and offers of drugs, employment, and romantic relationships.
Once Session had gained compliance from his victims, he then trafficked them for sex, primarily in rural areas of Highlands County.
If convicted, Session faces up to life in prison. He is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
The FBI Miami Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Hoover for the Southern District of Florida and Trial Attorneys Leah Branch and Elizabeth Hutson of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit are prosecuting the case.