Honey's, a strip club in Everett, and several other Puget Sound area clubs owned by the Calacurcio family are the focus of a federal investigation into organized crime. Honey,s, Snohomish County's only strip club, according to federal investigators, is a haven for prostituttion, with dancers blatantly offering sex for money and the clubs owners taking kickbacks from the illegal activities. Federal agents and local police raided the clubs owned by Frank Colacurcio Sr. and his son, Frank Colacurcio Jr. Monday morning. No charges have been filed. Instead a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against the clubs' owners prohibiting them from selling off the clubs or their assets. The freeze is part of a ongoing rackateering investigation that alleges the clubs were run by a criminal enterprise according to court papers.
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United States · Everett, WA - Honey's Strip Club, Highway 99 near Gibson Road · 2008
(location generalized to protect survivors) Response & intervention
See above information given. The investigation had been underway for 5 years. The investigation included the FBI, the Internal Revenue Service, the Snohomist County Sheriff's Office, Everett and Seattle Police and others. Undercover detectives visited Honey's about a dozen times since January, 2006. The detectives said about 40 dancers offered to perform sex acts about 50 different times with prices ranging from $40 to $200, depending on the act.
The police raided the two clubs on June 2nd.
No information was given as to emancipation. The article stated that deputies have conducted numerous raids and undercover stings at Honey's, citing dancers for prostitution.
Information came from a June 3, 2008 front page article from the Everett Herald newspaper. The title is "Sex sting hits Honey's: Everett strip club a front for brothel, federal investigators say".
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