A 27-year-old Indian man from Gujarat has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the United States after admitting he paid human traffickers to sexually assault a minor girl at a hotel where he worked.Kavankumar Patel, an employee at the AmericInn hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, was involved in the exploitation of underage victims as part of a sex trafficking operation. The investigation began on January 6, 2025, when police received a report of theft and uncovered evidence of sex trafficking. Officials from the Homeland Security Task Force and the Omaha Police Department rescued two minor girls, aged 15 and 16, who had been brought from out of state to the hotel to be sold for commercial sex.The two minor females reported that their traffickers instructed them to engage in sex with hotel staff in exchange for a reduced room rate or face eviction from the hotel. Two hotel employees paid the trafficker to have sex with one of the minors, while a third hotel employee had sex with the other minor, according to the US Attorney's Office in Nebraska.Patel admitted that he took money from the hotel drawer to pay the traffickers for sex with one of the minors at the hotel. The hotel employees then allowed the traffickers and the minors to remain at the hotel for multiple days. The traffickers posted online advertisements for commercial sex and arranged commercial sex acts involving the minor victims. The minors reported having little food and feeling they had no choice but to engage in the sex acts as directed.Patel, who was in the United States illegally, faces deportation after completing his prison sentence. The traffickers — Eduardo Jose Perdomo, Michel Martinez-Gonzalez, and Alfredo Zambrano-Hurtado — along with two other Indian-origin hotel employees, Sumit Chaudhari and Vishal Goswami, have also been charged."The Homeland Security Task Force rescued these children from a living nightmare," United States Attorney Lesley Woods said in a statement on Thursday.This case highlights the disturbing intersection of human trafficking and exploitation within hospitality establishments, where vulnerable minors were subjected to repeated abuse under the guise of discounted lodging in exchange for sexual acts. The successful rescue and prosecutions underscore the commitment of law enforcement to dismantle such networks and deliver justice for the victims.
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