U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles Charges Syndicate of Asian Women Smugglers

On August 20, 1999, the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles announced indictments against a syndicate of smugglers and pimps that imported hundreds of young Asian women into the U.S. to work as prostitutes in brothels, where they lived in bondage until they were able to pay off their contracts to smuggle them into the U.S...[more]