Canadian Fashion Executive Indicted for Sex Trafficking and Racketeering

Canadian Fashion Executive Indicted for Sex Trafficking and Racketeering
Musician Tanya Tucker (L) and executive Peter Nygard attend the 142nd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky on May 7, 2016. Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for Churchill Downs
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Canadian fashion executive Peter J. Nygard has been indicted with racketeering, sex trafficking, and related crimes that involved women and minor girls over the course of 25 years, the Southern District of New York announced on Tuesday.

Nygard, 79, Finish Canadian former executive, allegedly committed racketeering, sex trafficking, and related crimes in the past few decades, with at least a dozen victims from the United States, Bahamas, Canada, and other places.