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{{Evil_Organization|Box title = NXIVM|Image = NXIVM Logo.png|fullname = NXIVM Corporation|alias = DOS, The Vow|origin = United States of America|foundation = 1998|headquarters = Albany, New York|commanders = Keith Raniere (co-founder, leader) Nancy Salzman (co-founder, president) Allison Mack (recruiter, leader) Clare Bronfman (funder, leader)|agents = Sara Bronfman (member) Lauren Salzman (member) Kristin Kreuk (recruiter) Kathy Russell (bookkeeper)|crimes = Sexual slavery, Sex trafficking, Racketeering, Human branding|type of villains = Sex Trafficking Ring, Cult, Multi-level Marketing Company}}'''NXIVM''' was an American multi-level marketing company based near Albany, New York, that offered personal and professional development seminars through its "Executive Success Programs".[https://www.vox.com/2018/4/25/17275930/allison-mack-smallville-actress-sex-cult-nxivm-dos-prison-arrest-sex-trafficking-keith-raniere] The company has been described as a cult and a pyramid scheme that also served as a recruiting platform for a secret society (variously called "DOS" or "The Vow") in which women were branded and forced into sexual slavery. In early 2018, NXIVM founder [[Keith Raniere]] and his associate, actress [[Allison Mack]], were arrested and indicted on federal charges related to DOS, including sex trafficking.[https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Leader-of-Secret-Upstate-New-York-Group-Charged-with-Sex-Trafficking-477966643.html] Others associated with NXIVM were also charged with federal crimes. As of April 2019, five people associated with NXIVMâMack, NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman, Lauren Salzman, Seagram heiress Clare Bronfman, and bookkeeper Kathy Russellâhad pleaded guilty to various charges.[https://artvoice.com/2018/08/15/evidence-that-kristin-kreuk-with-allison-mack-were-recruiting-college-students-for-nxivm-and-little-girls-too/][https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47996207] Raniere's federal trial began on May 7, 2019. On June 19, 2019, he was convicted of sex trafficking and racketeering. [[Category:Cults]] [[Category:Dissolved Organizations]] [[Category:Destroyer of Innocence]] [[Category:Embezzlers]] [[Category:Torturer]] [[Category:Modern Villains]] [[Category:Perverts]] [[Category:Slaver]] [[Category:Organizations]] [[Category:Misogynists]] [[Category:Corrupting Influence]] [[Category:Brainwasher]] [[Category:Criminals]] [[Category:Extortionists]] [[Category:Blackmailers]] [[Category:Conspirators]] [[Category:Greedy]] [[Category:Power Hungry]] [[Category:Xenophobes]] [[Category:Totalitarians]] [[Category:Anti-Semetic]]
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