Buffalo, NY, United States
Multiple arrests were made, with 4 convictions to date: *Ronald H. Tills (18 months in prison) *John Trowbridge (two years probation after) *Michael R. Stebick (probation for two years, ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and directed to provide 250 hours of community service) *Len Wah Chong (six years in prison, five years supervised release)
Location
United States · Buffalo, NY · 2008 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
An investigation by the Western District’s Human Trafficking Task Force and Alliance culminated in December with raids on four massage parlors —the Lotus Acupressure Spa in Lockport; the Lotus Spa in Niagara Falls; Golden Acupressure and Lucky J Fortune Teller in Wheatfield; and Lotus Acupressure in Tonawanda.
The women working at the massage parlors were illegal aliens from Asia. Nine women were rescued from the parlors.
Unclear what services where provided to these women.
http://www.lockportjournal.com/courts/local_story_127015315.html http://sandyfrost.newsvine.com/_news/2008/12/07/2188846-jester-prostitution-updates-stebick-sentenced http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/757790.html?imw=Y
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