Rockford Register Star:Human 'slave trade' and the attempts to stop it

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http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050306/NEWS0107/503060311

"ROCKFORD -- Federal and local agents who swept through five Rockford spas last Sunday snagged not only their intended targets but several undocumented aliens -- women from countries caught up in a worldwide slave trade.

Evidence collected by local and federal authorities suggests that the young women from Korea and China not only worked at the spas but also lived there, virtually locked down in tiny rooms where they also serviced their customers.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Iasparro, who's prosecuting the case for the Justice Department, would not disclose any information investigators uncovered about how the spa workers got to Rockford.

"That was part of our investigation, but I can't speak to anything at this point in respect to that," he said. "This case is still under investigation."

Messed up stuff can and does happen anywhere in this world. Pretty in-depth article.