2 arrested in Central Florida human trafficking investigation, MBI seeks more possible victims

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man and a woman booked this week in Orange County face felony charges in a Central Florida human trafficking case, according to the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation (MBI) and Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

Joselito Martinez-Gonzalez, 34, and Tanya Wurster, 30, were arrested via warrant on Wednesday by MBI Human Trafficking agents, the agency said in a news release. Martinez-Gonzalez and Wurster are accused of trafficking three victims — referred to only as “females” — throughout Central Florida from 2019 to 2021.

According to the release, the two made a habit of bonding victims out of jail and providing them with a place to live before forcing them to engage in “commercial sex acts with customers” and advertising them online.

Martinez-Gonzalez and Wurster would allegedly keep all of the proceeds from the activity, with MBI agents figuring they may have made as much as $300,000 in a two-year period. The pair would employ drugs, threats of violence and “humiliating acts such as shaving the victim’s head” to keep them under control, agents said.