The group is a sect of the national criminal gang the Bloods, which originally formed in Los Angeles.
Eight members of the Bloods gang in Georgia have been indicted on human trafficking charges after a 16-year-old girl escaped and reported them, the attorney general said on Thursday.
The victim escaped from members of the Inglewood Family Gang in Albany in August of 2019.
Gang members would make arrangements for the victim to have sex with numerous men over a two-month time frame from June to August 2019.
The investigation revealed that the gang members placed the victim in sexual servitude in order to generate money.
Investigators found that the victim was advertised as an adult online. The victim was able to escape from gang members and report her abuse to authorities, prompting a year-long investigation by the GBI.
- Those indicted include:
- Bryant Hooker
- Johnny Howard
- Jamie Rosier
- Treshawn Smith
- Jeston Yates
- Ronaldo Patterson
- Korina Johnson
- Robert Wingfield
Proceeds from the trafficking funded the gang and its other illegal activities, investigators said.