WINNIPEG, Manitoba/NEW YORK –The Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was charged on Tuesday with sex trafficking, racketeering, and other crimes targeting dozens of women and underage girls over a quarter-century in three countries, U.S. authorities said.
Canadian police arrested Nygard in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Monday at the U.S. government’s request under the countries’ extradition treaty.
Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss in Manhattan said Nygard, 79, had since 1995 used his influence and businesses to “recruit and maintain” victims in the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas to sexually gratify himself and his associates.
Nygard made an initial appearance in a W…
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