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Police crack down on Korean Brothels in New York City

April 15, 2016

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Joint federal and local Police authorities cracked down on Korean brothels in New York’s Koreatown. According to the police, many of the women who worked at these brothels came from Korea thru a visa waiver program.

The group that operated these businesses attracted customers through elaborate internet website and operated in 11 different premises by disguising to be lawful spa establishments. The arrested group was found to have more than 70,000 customers in a database.

The Federal prosecutors began operations with the Homeland Security Investigations(HSI), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE), and private investigators(PI).

The money that the brothels collected illegally adds up to 1.4 dollars and the way that they money laundered was through exchanging cash to gift cards or purchasing money orders from the post office.