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Two Women At Center Of Florida Human Trafficking Investigation
WPTV NBC News 5 ^ | February 21, 2019 | Merris Badcock

Posted on 02/22/2019 4:50:54 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer

Five day spas were targeted as a part of the investigation: Cove Day Spa and Therapy Spa in Stuart, Bridge Day Spa and Sequoia Apple Day Spa in Hobe Sound, and Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida. “They were cooking on the back steps of the business. These women were sleeping in massage parlors, on the massage tables and had no access to transportation,” said [Sherriff] Synder, who noted the victims were averaging eight clients a day. “If you do the math, that is about 1,500 men a year, with no days off.” Ruimei Li, 49, (of Jupiter) and Lixia Zhu, 49, (of Stuart were given multiple charges including operating a house of prostitution, permitting prostitution, money laundering and racketeering. Investigators seized $2 million to $3 million in assets.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: humantrafficking; moneylaundering; racketeering; slaves
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1 posted on 02/22/2019 4:50:54 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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2 posted on 02/22/2019 4:51:10 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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3 posted on 02/22/2019 4:51:26 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

Sadly, from my experience, the value of human life is not terribly high in the estimation of many (most?) Chinese folks.


4 posted on 02/22/2019 4:52:02 PM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

Folks used to know how to have fun. The whole Asian Massage thing low rent. They probably recycle the brylcream.

5 posted on 02/22/2019 4:54:45 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

That was not a massage parlor.


6 posted on 02/22/2019 4:56:45 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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No it was not... Interesting bit of history though. We will not see Pancho’s like again.


7 posted on 02/22/2019 4:58:16 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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"that is about 1,500 men a year, with no days off."

Doing the jobs that Americans don't care to do.

8 posted on 02/22/2019 4:59:05 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Was that the inspiration for "Porky's"?


9 posted on 02/22/2019 4:59:33 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer
Investigators seized $2 million to $3 million in assets.

That's $2 million to $3 million that men didn't have to fight all of the anti-male bias they're always complaining about.

10 posted on 02/22/2019 5:01:05 PM PST by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

They should be treated as enemy agents.


11 posted on 02/22/2019 5:02:51 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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I agree.


12 posted on 02/22/2019 5:06:35 PM PST by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are liberal Democrats who love illegal aliens and war.)
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Does the story have a happy ending?


13 posted on 02/22/2019 5:06:52 PM PST by HighSierra5
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer
Will men who pick up chicks at the bar get arrested next? Where is the line drawn here?

Don't get me wrong. I'm all for stopping real human sex trafficking, smuggling, (especially minors being involved) and women being forced to prostitute by pimps.

But if adult women want to sell their ass in the back page of an alternative newspaper or website and agree to meet with another adult in a motel room or at their home, what business is it of the government?

14 posted on 02/22/2019 5:07:19 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!!)
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02 PanchoBarnes.jpg

Pancho Barnes in her 1928 image used on her pilot's license

Born Florence Leontine Lowe July 22, 1901 Pasadena, California
Died March 30, 1975 (aged 73) Boron, California

15 posted on 02/22/2019 5:11:42 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

Does Tiger Woods still have a home in the area?


16 posted on 02/22/2019 5:14:10 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Agreed, 100%

These massage parlors are a great cure for yellow fever. Those were the good ol' days and SOME of the women were a million times hotter than any I could find in the real world.. It's a 'roll of the dice' but that's what was exciting about it.

17 posted on 02/22/2019 5:15:51 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: HighSierra5

Only if they hang them.


18 posted on 02/22/2019 5:16:45 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer; Extremely Extreme Extremist; All

So, we have (most likely) Godless Liberal WOMEN running sex-trafficking rings, AND Planned Parenthood franchises?

And the Socialists accuse Conservatives of a ‘War on Women?’

Ok. Got it! *SPIT*


19 posted on 02/22/2019 5:32:06 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

HARD to believe that billionaire Bob Kraft had to resort to a massage parlor with such low rent specials. $79 an hour? Please!

He must’ve actually been there for a massage cause you know he could’ve had the best looking hooker in Miami delivered to his room. Well, not for $79, but maybe you get to be a billionaire by being thrifty in your choice of hookers, eh?


20 posted on 02/22/2019 5:35:16 PM PST by wildbill
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