Lewiston Man Sentenced for Attempted Sex Trafficking of Minors

BANGOR, Maine: A Lewiston man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for attempted sex trafficking of minors. 

U.S. District Judge Stacey D. Neumann sentenced Dahir Muktar, 33, to 15 years in prison to be followed by 15 years of supervised release. Muktar was found guilty by a jury on April 15, 2026.

According to court records, Muktar was arrested in January 2025 after he offered money for sex with purported minors using his cell phone.

Maine State Police and Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case with assistance from the Bangor Police Department and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.

Project Safe Childhood: This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Department’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit https://www.justice.gov/usao-me/psc.

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