Feds charge West Philly trio with 'sex trafficking by force'

Three Philadelphians were charged today with sex trafficking for allegedly running a brothel in West Philadelphia.

Kevino Graham, 33, Brian Wright, 38, and Renato Teixeira, 24, allegedly operated a strip club called "Passionate Touch" in the Cathedral Park neighborhood. The trio allegedly forced women into prostitution by using force, fraud and coercion. Between May 2009 and August 2013 Graham ran the club while Wright collected the cash and Teixeira recruited women to work for the venture, according to federal prosecutors.

Each of the three defendants faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $500,000 if found guilty of sex trafficking by force.