Mass. AG: 45 Indictments in Sex Trafficking Ring

A statewide grand jury returned 45 indictments against 10 people accused of running a sprawling sex‑trafficking operation that exploited victims across Essex, Suffolk, Middlesex and Plymouth counties between March 2023 and September 2025, Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office said. Prosecutors allege 23‑year‑old Gianni Martinez of Lynn led the ring—setting up online profiles, arranging transportation and collecting payments—and continued to orchestrate activity from the Middleton House of Correction while incarcerated. His 68‑year‑old grandmother, Rosa Garcia, is charged with deriving support from prostitution and money‑laundering; three drivers and five alleged buyers also face trafficking‑related charges. Investigators seized multiple cell phones that prosecutors say contain messages arranging commercial sex and have charged defendants with offenses including human trafficking, rape, money laundering and conspiracy. The investigation was led by the Massachusetts State Police, FBI, Lynn Police Department and the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Division. Separately, state police and DEA investigators seized about 140,000 fentanyl pills in Johnston and Warwick, R.I., and at Massachusetts locations as part of a probe into a Dominican organization’s New England drug‑trafficking activities.