Azerbaijani man prosecuted in the US.

Asker Mammedov, 31, formerly of Azerbaijan has been accused of running a prostitution and trafficking ring in Brooklyn, USA. FBI agents accused him of importing women from Azerbaijan and forcing them to work for little or no pay as prostitutes. He is accused of bringing several women into the US and then removing their passports and threatening them and their families that he would harm them if they ran away. It appears that the women knew that they would be involved in prostitution, but not that most of their money would be taken from them or that they would not be free to leave. One of the women was underage. Another has testified that she was in so much pain when forced to have sex despite having a vaginal cyst that she considered suicide. The case is continuing.