“Tremont Blakemore can no longer flaunt a life of luxury through the proceeds he illegally garnered by forcing women into the commercial sex trade industry. Thanks to the work of our special agents and law enforcement partners of the North Texas Trafficking Task Force who investigated and arrested this violent criminal,” HSI Dallas Special Agent in Charge Lester R. Hayes Jr said.
Macknificent victims come forward
Blakemore pled guilty to running the human trafficking organization. And admitted to using the “threat of grotesque violence” to force women to engage in commercial sex acts.
According to victim statements, Macknificent trafficked hundreds of women across the United States between 2011 and 2018. When his enterprise was shut down in 2018 more than 20 women were working for him.
Blakemore cultivated an “environment of paranoia.” No one was allowed to break his “rules.” The woman could not leave the house without his permission. They were not allowed to keep any money for themselves. And demanded constant updates from the victims he forced into the trafficking business.
