United States of America v. Kevin Lavon Giles

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking children by force, fraud or coercion.

Kevin Lavon Giles, 59, of Detroit, was convicted of two counts of sex trafficking children and through force, fraud, or coercion, and one count of sex trafficking an adult through force, fraud, or coercion.

The testimony at trial proved Giles exploited his female victims by requiring them to perform commercial sex acts in return for shelter for them and their children. Two of Giles’s victims were under 18 at the time he trafficked them. Giles posted advertisements for commercial sex for all of his victims, arranged their commercial sex dates, and collected the proceeds of the sex acts. Witnesses testified that Giles used hidden cameras to monitor the sex acts of all of his victims and to direct the sex acts of the adult victim.

“The defendant is wicked and loathsome. He forced women and girls to sell their bodies while he watched,” U.S. Attorney Gorgon said. “The court sentenced him. But the full measure of justice is waiting for him.”

“Coercing and trafficking women and children is an evil crime that must be stopped,” said Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office. “FBI Detroit remains committed to protecting vulnerable people in our society and stopping anyone who seeks to exploit them. I want to recognize the dedicated members from the Southeast Michigan Trafficking and Exploitation Crimes (SEMTEC) Task Force for their outstanding investigative work throughout this case, as well as the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan for their successful prosecution in securing this lengthy sentence.”

The FBI’s Southeast Michigan Trafficking and Exploitation Crimes Task Force investigated this. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Diane Princ and Ranya Elzein prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

IMPRISONMENT: 180 months on Counts 1s and 2s concurrent with each other, and 180 months on count 3s, 156 months concurrent to counts 1s and 2s, and 24 months consecutive to counts 1s and 2s for a total combined sentence of 204 months; SUPERVISED RELEASE: 10 years on Counts 1s-3s concurrent; ASSESSMENT: $300