Overview

• The repurposed storm shelter bunker in Brent, Alabama, was equipped with a toilet, mattress and carport concealment before being used to detain victims.
• Seven individuals, including parents and relatives, face charges ranging from human trafficking and rape to sodomy, sexual torture and bestiality.
• Authorities say the ring charged up to $1,000 per night and used drugs and animal shock collars to force children into compliance.
• Ten identified child survivors are in the custody of the Alabama Department of Human Services and are receiving medical and psychological support.
• Homeland Security investigators are assisting local authorities in probing possible Sureños gang funding and expect further arrests.