By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The men gathered at a warehouse in Phoenix, thinking they were buying sex slaves.
But the auction was set up by the FBI as part of a two-year sting that resulted in the arrest of four American men, The Arizona Republic reports.
The men outfitted their homes with chains and other confinement devices.
“We are just kind of horrified by the dark nature of this reality,” George Steuer, a supervisory special agent for the FBI in Phoenix, said. “It’s a very sickening reality that you realize some victims have actually had to live through.”
While touring one of the homes, agents were told by a 65-year-old suspect, Charles Bunnell, that the slaves “will never leave. … They are just going to be serving.”
Bunnell is one of the last defendants to be sentenced to federal prison this month. He received 108 months.
The other three men were sentenced to between 60 and 84 months.
