Richmond, IN, United States
Owners of two local massage parlors were investigated as part of a suspected international human trafficking ring. Women were promised a better life by the operators if they came to America. When they got here, they were then told that they had a huge debt they would have to work off.
Location
United States · Richmond, IN · 2008 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Local police and federal officials raided the massage parlors.
Local law inforcement and immigration officers took the women into custody. Two were later released. http://www.whiotv.com/news/16342560/detail.html http://www.whiotv.com/news/16350677/detail.html
The article states that this was part of a national investigation.
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