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Sex trafficker sentenced to 30 years
Daily Record Staff//January 17, 2020//
A Buffalo man who was convicted of five counts of sex trafficking and drug charges has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr.
Valentino Shine Sr., 52, also was ordered to pay $73,600 to the victims of his crimes.
Shine ran a sex trafficking operation out of his Humboldt Parkway home in Buffalo. He exploited women who were vulnerable and addicted to drugs, coercing them to engage in sex acts, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Shine provided or withheld drugs to coerce the victims, prosecutors said. Shine had the victims advertise on Backpage.com. After having sex for money, the money would go to Shine.
In addition to drugs to control his victims, Shine also used physical beatings, manipulation, and brainwashing. Three women who worked for the defendant died of drug overdoses as a result of their addictions, prosecutors said.
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