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Multiple trafficking victims (church members)
Justice for Multiple trafficking victims (church members) — the trail went cold in 2021, but the truth hasn't.
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Where is Quiboloy currently hiding? His known ties to Calabasas, Las Vegas, and Kapolei suggest possible locations of refuge.
What financial records document the flow of solicited donations to church operations and leadership personal accounts?
How many victims have been identified and rescued from the trafficking scheme, and what information can they provide about Quiboloy's operations?
Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, founder of a Philippines-based church, is wanted for operating an international labor and sex trafficking scheme that brought church members to the United States under false pretenses to solicit donations. Members were allegedly forced into sham marriages, fraudulent student visas, and sexual servitude to support church operations and leadership lifestyles. A federal warrant was issued in November 2021, and his current whereabouts remain unknown despite known ties to California, Nevada, and Hawaii.
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Conspiracy to Engage in Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud and Coercion, and Sex Trafficking of Children; Sex Trafficking by Force, Fraud, and Coercion; Conspiracy; Bulk Cash Smuggling Caution: Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, the founder of a Philippines-based church, is wanted for his alleged participation in a labor trafficking scheme that brought church members to the United States, via fraudulently obtained visas, and forced the members to solicit donations for a bogus charity, donations that actually were used to finance church operations and the lavish lifestyles of its leaders. Members who proved successful at soliciting for the church allegedly were forced to enter into sham marriages or obtain fraudulent student visas to continue soliciting in the United States year-round.
Furthermore, it is alleged that females were recruited to work as personal assistants, or “pastorals,” for Quiboloy and that victims prepared his meals, cleaned his residences, gave him massages and were required to have sex with Quiboloy in what the pastorals called “night duty.” Quiboloy was indicted by a federal grand jury in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Santa Ana, California, for conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion and sex trafficking of children; sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion; conspiracy; and bulk cash smuggling, and on November 10, 2021, a federal warrant was issued for his arrest. Remarks: Quiboloy has ties to Calabasas, California, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Kapolei, Hawaii.
A federal grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued a warrant for Quiboloy's arrest on charges of sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and bulk cash smuggling.