A cult leader accused of branding female followers with his initials as part of an initiation ceremony has been arrested in Mexico and charged with sex-trafficking.
Keith
Raniere, 57, was taken into custody by Mexican authorities after he was
found at a luxury villa in Puerto Vallarta on Sunday.
Raniere was extradited to Fort Worth, Texas on Monday and charged with sex trafficking and forced labor conspiracy.
He is the leader of the secretive New York-based group called NXIVM.
Sex cult leader who branded female followers is arrested in Mexico | Daily Mail Online
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In the hours preceding Raniere's court appearance in Texas, FBI agents spent several hours combing through the Saratoga County residence of NXIVM's co-founder and president, Nancy Salzman.
The FBI's raid of Salzman's residence signaled a wider criminal investigation of the secretive organization than just the sex-trafficking allegations that led to the arrest this week of its longtime leader.
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