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Detroit Strip Clubs: Human trafficking suspect appears in federal court

February 26, 2011 at 6:24 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments

DETROIT (AP) — A former fugitive accused of being a member of a violent ring that lured Eastern European women to the United States and forced them to become strippers was brought to Michigan to face charges.
Veniamin Gonikman appeared Friday for arraignment in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
A judge ordered the proceedings to resume Wednesday after an attorney for the naturalized U.S. citizen from Ukraine said he needed an interpreter who understood and spoke Russian.
Defense lawyer Wally Piszczatowski told federal Magistrate Mark Randon that Gonikman “can converse in the English language,” but needs an interpreter for more detailed discussions about the case and charges.
Randon also ordered that Gonikman remain in custody pending a separate detention hearing Wednesday.
Gonikman, 55, consented last month in a New York courtroom to be sent to Michigan to face the charges.
Court documents allege Gonikman was using a fake Russian passport while living in Ukraine in recent years. Officials there arrested him in on immigration …

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