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The girls. paul fishman is the u.s. attorney for new jersey. his office prosecuted the case, resulting in convictions. i think it s hard for someone to believe that in the year 2010 we have people who will actually put people in slavery. it s the most fundamental and intolerable violation of human rights. reporter: a newark court recently sentenced akouavi afolabi to 27 years in prison. the father got 24 years and the son? 4 1/2 years. after all the promises she promised me, and then when i got here my life was messed up. i was too young, if i knew this was how my life was going to be, i would have never come. i would never let her take me. reporter: the fact that my clients could be in these hair ....
They took everything away from me. reporter: the girls were forced to work in hair braiding salons serving customers all day. right out in the open. their captors took all the money the girls earned. every penny. how many days a week were you working? seven days a week. reporter: how many hours a day? sometimes 14 hours. reporter: this went on for five to six years. traffickers held the girls in several houses in newark and east orange. the traffickers no longer live there. this is the neighborhood where these girls were being held, and just look at it. manicured lawns, nice houses, it looks like any neighborhood in america, and it definitely doesn t look like a place where you d expect to find slavery. who would commit such a crime? these are the traffickers. akouavi afolabi, the wife, was the ring leader. lassissi, the husband, and ....
Traffickers held the girls in several houses in newark and east orange. the traffickers no longer live there. this is the neighborhood where these girls were being held, and just look at it. manicured lawns, nice houses, it looks like any neighborhood in america, and it definitely doesn t look like a place where you d expect to find slavery. who would commit such a crime? these are the traffickers. akouavi afolabi was the ring leader. lassissi and dereck the son were accomplices according to court documents and law enforcement. why did they do it? money. pure and simple. they made about $4 million off the girls. paul fishman is the u.s. attorney for new jersey. his office prosecuted the case, rutting in convictions. i think it s hard for someone to believe that in the year 2010 we have people who will actually put people in slavery. it s the most fundamental and intolerable violation of human rights. ....
reporter: a newark court recently sentenced akouavi afolabi to 27 years in prison. the father got 24 years and the son? 4 1/2 years. after all the promises she promised me, and then when i got here my life was messed up. i was too young, if i knew this was how my life was going to be, i would have never come. i would never let her take me. reporter: the fact that my clients could be in these hair salons for so many years braiding hair as young as 9, 10, 11, is extremely frustrating. but it s not shocking. human trafficking is extremely profitable. it s so profitable that we re seeing some drug traffickers get out of drug trafficking and into human trafficking. reporter: zena took me on a ....
Just look at it. manicured lawns, nice houses, it looks like any neighborhood in america, and it definitely doesn t look like a place where you d expect to find slavery. who would commit such a crime? these are the traffickers. akouavi afolabi was the ring leader. lassissi and dereck the son were accomplices according to court documents and law enforcement. why did they do it? money. pure and simple. they made about $4 million off the girls. paul fishman is the u.s. attorney for new jersey. his office prosecuted the case, rutting in convictions. i think it s hard for someone to believe that in the year 2010 we have people who will actually put people in slavery. it s the most fundamental and intolerable violation of human rights. reporter: a newark court recently sentenced akouavi afolabi to 27 years in prison. ....