Prostitution raids in 4 S.F. homes Undocumented women smuggled from Asia for sex trade

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | January 23, 2004 | Bill Wallace, Chronicle Staff Writer

[sarcasm]

Federal immigration and customs agents have broken up a San Francisco prostitution ring, with ties to international smuggling operations, that used undocumented Asian women as sex workers, according to federal court documents unsealed Thursday.

The ring provided sexual services to scores of men each week at four brothels in residential neighborhoods in the western half of the city, the documents said.

[LN2Campy]

...just smoking poles americans were too lazy to smoke...

[rhombus]

Taking the jobs where US workers can't be found. Get her name and address, send her back to work and make sure she's paying taxes.

[TASMANIANRED]

Straight sex with condoms in San Francisco. What is the world coming to. The Gay liberation forces will be up in arms.

"Poon is charged with conspiracy, trafficking of humans for sexual purposes across state and international lines, and harboring illegal immigrants, according to court records.

The licensed haircutter, who owns the Chancery Lane house with her husband....."

You can't make stuff this good up.

[Bikers4Bush]

"They identified her as Yuen Ling Poon..."

Uuuuuuhm, yeah.

[gubamyster]

ping

[ErnBatavia]

Well, "Poon" is a pretty good name for a madame...

[LN2Campy]

name was "Poon" -- heh heh

[TommyUdo]

"Two days later, they arrested a woman who authorities say is one of the leaders of the operation. They identified her as Yuen Ling Poon, 36, of 48 Chancery Lane in San Francisco."

Would a name joke here be racist or just xenophobic?

[Bikers4Bush]

You forgot lewd.

[LN2Campy]

...her cousin, Wun Hung Lo, was hired to take care of the female clients...

[Rebelbase]

If she marries Yo Lon Tang.............

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Does Yuen Ling Poon drink Tang?

[justshutupandtakeit]

Misogenistic.

I have never been able to figure how a respectable man could go to one of these places and be sure that there would be no filming for blackmail purposes.

[elli1]

When will the shrieking begin about these criminal illegal immigrants showing disrespect for American sovereignty & utter disregard for our laws & dodging paying their share of taxes & burdening our health care system? And the felons who hire them???? /s

[Orange1998]

justshutupandtakeit I am sure that been said before in the house.

[Dante3]

BUMP

[Eaker]

Poon is charged with conspiracy, trafficking of humans for sexual purposes across state and international lines, and harboring illegal immigrants, according to court records.

You can't make this stuff up!!!

[Who dat?]

(But) they end up working long hours, their documents are taken from them, and they are forced into prostitution, sexual exploitation and slavery."

At $80 a pop for them. They busted a therapeutic massage place here for the same thing, though she was Vietnamese. She only charged $60 according to the newspaper account. But she evidently did a heck of a business. They claimed 11 men were waiting in the lobby when they finally busted her. Also busted in the raid were two on-duty (plainclothes) Oakland PD officers. They also had drugs and cash on them that they claimed they “forgot to turn in” that was evidence from a drug bust the day before.

Then, within two weeks, they busted a beauty salon for prostitution about two blocks away.

[Always Right]

I believe in free and open access to all the worlds markets.