Seven charged in child sex ring run out of Alabama concrete bunker, sheriff says

Seven people have been charged in connection with an alleged sex trafficking operation that Alabama officials say was run out of a concrete bunker and involved children as young as 3.

Seven people have been charged in connection with an alleged sex trafficking operation that Alabama officials say was run out of a concrete bunker and involved children as young as 3.

The case includes charges of rape, sexual torture, kidnapping, and human trafficking, and officials allege the abuse took place in a cinder block building in Brent, Alabama, 50 miles southwest of Birmingham, Bibb County Sheriff Jody Wade said at a news conference Wednesday.

He called the alleged abuse and torture “the most horrible thing I’ve ever seen” perpetrated against children.

“I know god’s forgiveness is boundless,” Wade said. “But if there was a limit to it, I think we’ve reached it.”

He said the operators of the sex abuse ring charged people to come to the bunker and abuse the children, adding that the operation may have made $1,000 a night.