«Breaking News» 26 women 'lured to the U.S. from China with the promise of making large sums of money'

Six suspects have been arrested for allegedly promoting prostitution and money laundering following a 3½ year investigation into a network of massage parlors and spas in Seattle. 

Seattle Police Department announced the bust following the culmination of their investigation after receiving numerous complaints of potential sex trafficking at various massage parlor locations in the city.

More than a dozen warrants were served thanks to assistance from the FBI and DHS.

Police recovered 26 women, between the ages of 20 and 60, as part of the operation

Six suspects were arrested for promoting prostitution and money laundering 

Seattle Police Deputy Chief Marc Garthgreen discusses the sting after a three-and-a-half-year human trafficking investigation into massage parlors across the city

Three years of investigative work culminated in more than a dozen warrants served and six facing charges in an effort to disrupt a broad network of sexual exploitation

The Seattle Police Department's Vice/High-Risk Victims Section investigated the businesses and 'determined that there was a criminal enterprise, linking several individuals and the massage parlor locations.'

A number of suspects were identified who they say were working together to exploit female victims by 'requiring them to engage in sex acts for the profit of the businesses.'

Police say that many of the victims were 'fraudulently lured to Seattle from China' through targeted advertisements for legal employment with 'the promise of making large sums of money to support themselves and their families,' said Deputy Chief Marc Garthgreen to KIRO.

During the arrest of the six suspects, police recovered cash and weapons.

Seattle Police Captain Mike Edwards says the force worked with the DHS and FBI 

Cops said they were forced to work 20 hour days seven days a week in unsafe living conditions

A would-be customer tries the door at one of the shuttered spas

The victims were forced to work 20 hour days and often monitored under video surveillance and followed by the suspected organizers

Neighborhood resident Mark Jordan of Beacon Hill noted the spas were open extremely late

Police also recovered 26 women, between the ages of 20 and 60, as part of the operation.

'Many of these victims were forced to live in austere conditions, and were prostituted upwards of 20 hours a day under the direction of those involved in the criminal enterprise,' Seattle police said. 

'The victims were increasingly forced to work extreme hours in unhealthy conditions engaging in sexual acts regardless of the medical, physical and emotional risks. The victims were frequently put in situations where they were vulnerable to physical attacks with no means of escape or defense,' Seattle police said.

The victims have since been united with service providers in the area who are helping the victims' needs for medical attention, food, living arrangements and transportation.

Pictured: Diamond Spa and May Flower Spa on 12th Ave South in Seattle - one of the 11 businesses that was raided and shuttered as part of the investigation

After receiving dozens of complaints, police investigated 11 businesses and arrested six people for promoting prostitution and money laundering

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