He claims he was never on the run. A federal magistrate isn't buying it. In the latest development in a 5-year-old human trafficking case, a federal magistrate today said there is no way Ukrainian nightclub owner Veniamin Gonikman didn't know he was wanted in Detroit on human smuggling charges — not when his son, ex-wife, daughter-in-law and business partner were all targeted in the operation. Gonikman fled the country in 2005, the government claims, just weeks before his family members and business partner were charged. Read full story here.
