Nygard Arrested in Canada on U.S. Sex-Trafficking Charges
- 79-year-old women’s clothing designer sought by U.S.
- Nygard appears in Winnipeg court to face extradition
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Canadian women’s clothing designer Peter Nygard was arrested in Winnipeg on U.S. charges claiming he trafficked dozens of women and underage girls for sex over 25 years.
The 79-year-old retail magnate faces racketeering, sex-trafficking and related charges in an indictment that alleges “a decades-long pattern of criminal conduct involving at least dozens of victims in the United States, the Bahamas, and Canada, among other locations.”