Somali gangs linked to sex ring in Minnesota

Authorities are looking for suspects and potential victims in a Minnesota-based prostitution ring allegedly linked to Somali gangs that stretches to Tennessee, according to a search warrant affidavit briefly unsealed in state court in St. Paul. The document alleges a 15-year-old girl was being controlled by Somali gangs and promoted into prostitution. The document describes the sex ring as large scale. According to the affidavit, the girl had a long history as a runaway and was being victimized by a group of Somali men who were prostituting her. It suggested she was also forced to engage in other illegal activity.