FBI’s ‘Ten Most Wanted Fugitive’ and porn website producer Michael Pratt arrested in Spain
Just two days before Christmas, the FBI announced that one of the agency’s “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives,” Michael James Pratt, was arrested earlier that week by authorities in Spain. Pratt is charged in a 19-count indictment with sex trafficking, production of child pornography, sex trafficking of a minor, and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments in connection with the operation of the GirlsDoPorn adult website. He also owned and operated the GirlsDoToys porn website. Pratt has been a fugitive since 2019 and was named to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List earlier this year.
Authorities said that Pratt preyed on hundreds of young women and girls and coerced or forced them into his porn videos. He has been accused of leading a ring for seven years to recruit women and underage girls to engage in sex by force, fraud or coercion.
Pratt was arrested by the Spanish National Police on December 21 in Madrid, Spain, pursuant to an Interpol Red Notice. A Red Notice is a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action. Pratt is being held in Spain pending extradition.
Updated wanted poster for Michael James Pratt
“The capture of Michael Pratt is an example of how the FBI will pursue justice beyond U.S. borders—you can run but you can’t hide,” said Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Stacey Moy of the FBI San Diego Field Office.
Pratt was the 529th person to be placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, which was established in 1950. Additional information concerning Pratt and the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives can be found by visiting the FBI’s website at fbi.gov/topten.
Any additional victims out there are encouraged to call the FBI National Threat Operations Center at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324).
(Source: FBI)
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