Federal officers on Monday mentioned they have been looking for legal complaints in opposition to 28 alleged intercourse consumers in reference to a multi-state brothel community busted in November.
Acting U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Joshua Levy, mentioned a federal job power, working with the Cambridge Police, is looking for legal complaints in opposition to 28 consumers in reference to the alleged intercourse ring.
“Our office made it clear when we announced charges of a commercial sex ring case on Nov. 8, 2023, that the investigation was ongoing and that there would be accountability for the buyers who fuel the commercial sex industry,” Levy mentioned in a press release.
“Today, a Homeland Security Investigations Task Force Officer with the Cambridge Police Department submitted applications for complaints against 28 sex buyers with the Cambridge District Court.”
The targets of the complaints stay unnamed.
Levy defined that the legal complaints have been topic to possible trigger hearings and that no suspect could be named “until probable cause has been found.”
The complaints have been filed with Cambridge District Court and if possible trigger is discovered, the fees can be referred to the workplace of Middlesex DA Marian Ryan.
The blockbuster case will doubtlessly blow the lid off of a industrial intercourse community reaching from Massachusetts to Virginia and is alleged to incorporate amongst its purchasers docs, attorneys, politicians, navy officers carrying safety clearances and different professionals.
The well-heeled purchasers paid as much as $600 an hour for “high-end” prostitutes, the feds mentioned on November 8 once they introduced the bust.
Defendants James Lee, 68, of Torrance, California; Junmyung Lee, 30, of Dedham; and the alleged ringleader Han Lee, 41, of Cambridge — who will not be associated — are charged with conspiracy to coerce and entice to journey to have interaction in unlawful sexual exercise, in keeping with Levy and authorities from Homeland Security Investigations and the Cambridge Police.
The alleged intercourse ring suspects have pleaded not responsible and stay in federal custody.
“The three individuals behind these websites facilitated the movement of predominately Asian women across the United States for sex trafficking in a commercial sex ring, exploiting them in the process,” mentioned Levy on the time of the arrests. “This commercial sex ring was built on secrecy and exclusivity, catering to a wealthy, well-connected clientele, and business was booming. Until today.”
Levy mentioned the investigation stays ongoing and that extra intercourse consumers might be charged.
“We are working closely with Virginia authorities to begin the referral process of sex buyers from the Virginia locations in this case. The referral processes will remain ongoing,” Levy mentioned Monday.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”