In US sex trafficking case of Asian women, prosecutors say politicians, tech execs, lawyers among clients

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BOSTON, Nov 8 — US prosecutors yesterday charged three people with running a high-end brothel network out of apartment complexes in greater Boston and northern Virginia whose...

Thirteen new restaurants and hawker stalls make it to the Kuala Lumpur and Penang Michelin’s Bib Gourmand List for 2024Two websites advertised appointments with Asian women, and customers underwent a vetting process that included providing their driver’s license photos and employers’ names, prosecutors said.

The brothels’ alleged operators — Han Lee, 41, and Junmyung Lee, 30, of Massachusetts and James Lee, 68, of California — were arrested and charged with conspiring to coerce and entice women to travel to engage in illegal sexual activity. “We’re committed to working closely with our federal, state and local partners to hold accountable the people who both ran this ring and the people who fuelled the demand for this ring,” Levy said at a press conference.

Two websites advertised appointments with Asian women, and customers underwent a vetting process that included providing their driver’s license photos and employers’ names, prosecutors said. The US government has seized those sites’ domains.

 

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