Peru: U.S. citizen detained in sex trafficking, exploitation. sex tourism case

U.S. citizen detained as major player in sex trafficking and exploitation of minors ring

elcomercio.pe reported Joshua David Brown AKA La Bestia'(The Beast) The Third Court of National Research School extended the preliminary detention of US citizen Joshua David Brown and three other defendants to integrate criminal gang involved the trafficking and sexual exploitation of children.

Thus, “The beast and its undesirable” will remain in detention until December 12, when the Second Supraprovincial Special Prosecutor against Organized Crime Prosecutor shall make them available to Judge Ricardo Manrique Laura to determine whether dictates custody or appearance ( single or restrictive).

Joshua David Brown, Joel Carrera Pablo Rosales, Jose Edgardo Torres Lumbe and Marilyne Connie Salazar López are charged with the alleged crime of aggravated trafficking perpetrated against older victims and children who were offered to foreign customers in exchange for sums of money .

According to the first investigations conducted by the Bureau of Crimes Against Trafficking (Dirintrap) Police Joshua David Brown, alias ‘The Beast’, he ran a private Internet forum through which pedophiles invited from different countries do child sex tourism in Peru. It is operating in our country for at least 12 years. Read Article