Posted on 05/12/2007 6:05:39 PM PDT by Zakeet
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Federal authorities charged four people with bringing women from China to the Kansas City area for prostitution after a series of raids at businesses billed as massage parlors.
The charges were brought Friday, a day after authorities say they rescued from 15 women from 12 businesses in Johnson County, Kan., mostly at strip malls.
The businesses had drawn the attention of neighbors for some time, investigators said.
Those charged were Ling Xu, 45, Zhong Yan Liu, 35, Cheng Tang, 21, all Chinese citizens living in Overland Park, Kan., and Hongmei Madole, 31, a native of China married to a U.S. citizen and living in Olathe, Kan.
They were charged with transporting people across state lines and national borders for the purpose of prostitution.
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An 18-month investigation involving local, state and federal authorities found that the women were brought from China into the United States, primarily San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York City. They then flew to Kansas City and were driven to Johnson County, Kan., Wood said.
An undercover officer visited three of the businesses several times between January and May and was solicited to engage in sexual acts with women there each time, according to an affidavit filed with the criminal complaint.
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One of these places was just down the street from a dublex we own, where our daughter, son in law and granddaughter live. It’s close to parks and schools in a nice part of Olathe. We know that there’s been surveilance for several weeks now.
So the undercover officer went several times and was solicited...
Did he say No thanks maybe next time? or did he go for it for the sake of the undercover sting.
Why do they have to import women?
Surely there are plenty of American women who are in the business.
Cheap labor?
Gotta be more dangerous crimes to solve like oh interrelated gang/drug/murder/mayhem????
How did you know it but the Massage/sex parlor workers/managers didn’t?
Just Curious.
I connected the dots. My daughter saw the unmarked SUV with tinted windows out in front of the house and was sort of freaked out. It was there two or three days and I suggested that she call the police. She did and watched the patrol car cruise by, wave at the SUV and keep going. I also knew when I saw the chinese massage parlor that it was a front for prostitution. I don’t know why but it was just weird and in the wrong part of town sort of. So we figured that there was a sting op about to happen and sure enough.
Just doing the happy endings that American Wives refuse to do...
So that’s why they’re called strip malls.
Thats a lot of money in the PRC.
hehehehehe...
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