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Owners of Lake County, Chicagoland massage parlors charged with money laundering, promoting prostitution

The owners of numerous Chicagoland massage parlors, including ones in Lake County, have been arrested and charged with money laundering and promoting prostitution following an undercover investigation. Yang Yuan, 37, of Aurora; Jianwei Zou, 62, of Naperville; and Guilan Sun, 64, of Aurora, have each been charged with six counts of money laundering and three […]

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2 spa employees charged for offering sex in exchange for money to undercover agents in Cary

Two employees at two different spas in Cary were charged after they allegedly offered sex acts to undercover agents in exchange for money, authorities said. The McHenry County Human Trafficking Task Force, which is coordinated through the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office, conducted operations at four spa locations in Cary, according to Cary Police Department […]

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Human Trafficking Task Force arrests four men during prostitution sting in Crystal Lake

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally showed that four men were arrested and charged. Two of those men have since had their charges dismissed by prosecutors and we have removed their  names and mugshots from this article. The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Human Trafficking Task Force, which is made up of area police departments, arrested four […]

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14 men arrested in undercover human trafficking suppression sting at Gurnee hotel

An undercover operation to suppress human trafficking led to 14 suspects being arrested at a hotel in Gurnee over the span of several days, police announced. The Lake County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Group conducted the operation to suppress the demand for purchased sex, according to Lake County Sheriff Spokesman Sgt. Christopher Covelli. The Special Investigations […]