Feds: North Shore man facing sex trafficking charges forced women to sell themselves during pandemic

A North Shore man was indicted Monday in federal court in Boston on sex trafficking charges after investigators say he preyed on women who were struggling with employment and housing when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020.

Anthony Coleman, 34, of Lynn is facing charges including three counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and one count of transporting a person for purposes of prostitution, according to Acting Massachusetts United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy.

Coleman was arrested Friday after an investigation revealed that he allegedly trafficked three women to engage in commercial sex acts and transported one of them to another state to engage in prostitution.