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A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office:

FORMER SUBURBAN MASSAGE PARLOR OPERATOR SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF FOUR WOMEN

CHICAGO — A former northwest suburban massage parlor owner was sentenced today to life in federal prison for various crimes including sex-trafficking, forced labor, harboring illegal aliens, confiscating passports to further forced labor, and extortion involving four foreign women whom he mentally and physically abused while forcing them to work for him, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Justice Department announced.

The defendant, Alex Campbell, who operated the Day and Night Spa on Northwest Highway in Mt. Prospect, used violence and threats of violence to force three women from the Ukraine and one from Belarus to work for him without pay and, at times, little to no subsistence between July 2008 and January 2010.

Campbell, also known as “Dave” and “Daddy” and called himself “Cowboy,” 47, formerly of Glenview, was also ordered to pay approximately $124,000 restitution by U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman. There is no parole in the federal prison system.

“They (the victims) have a life sentence — all of them . . . and their life sentence at your hands compels a life sentence for you,”

Judge Gettleman said in imposing sentence.

Campbell was convicted at trial in January of this year of three counts each of

• forced labor,
• harboring illegal aliens for financial gain, and
• confiscating passports and other immigration documents to force the victims to work, and

one count each of

• sex trafficking by force, and
• extortion.

He faced a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life on the sex-trafficking count alone, and the judge also imposed maximum prison terms ranging from 5 to 20 years on each of the remaining counts, to run concurrent with the life sentence.

“The seriousness of Campbell’s crimes cannot be overstated, nor could the Government put into words the magnitude of harm or the life-altering consequences of Campbell’s actions. . . . An evaluation of the seriousness of what Campbell has done must necessarily begin by looking at his victims, whose lives he upended, dreams he shattered, ideals he undermined, and whose faith in humanity he so cruelly crushed,”

the government argued in urging a life sentence.

Gary Shapiro

“If you treat human beings as property, to be branded, beaten, raped, and sold, the law will punish you to the greatest extent possible,” said Gary S. Shapiro, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. “This sentence ensures Alex Campbell’s incapacitation, which will prevent him from victimizing other women.”

“Alex Campbell abused women by violently coercing them into labor and commercial sex. By working together with law enforcement and community groups, those women were able to testify about that abuse,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

“Today’s sentence is a victory not only for the Department and the Human Trafficking Task Force, but also for those women who so bravely came forward and told the truth about their exploitation.”

“The sentence handed down today sends a clear message to those who think they can callously prey upon vulnerable women to turn a profit,” said Gary J. Hartwig, Special Agent-in-Charge of HSI in Chicago. “HSI will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to ensure that those who engage in human trafficking are held accountable for their actions.”

Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart, whose sheriff’s police initiated the investigation, said

“I am extremely proud of the effort and resolution of all the agencies involved with the successful investigation, conviction and now sentencing of such a violent individual.”

Chicago Sun-Times article about Alex Campbell’s life sentence for sexual enslavement.

All four victims testified as government witnesses at trial, as well as co-defendant, Danielle John, 25, who pleaded guilty before trial to two counts of harboring illegal aliens for financial gain. She was sentenced previously to three years’ probation.

In addition to the trial victims, the government presented evidence that investigators learned of approximately 20 women that Campbell victimized.

The trial showed that Campbell recruited and groomed foreign women without legal status in the United States to become part of his “Family,” which he claimed was an international organization that would provide them with support.

He offered them jobs in his massage parlor, a place to live, assistance with immigration, and lured each of them to enter into a romantic relationship with him.

After gaining their trust, he forced the victims to get tattooed with his moniker, which he said made them his property and allowed him to stop paying them.

At the same time, he acquired the women’s passports and visas.

The women were forced to work long hours every day and do as Campbell instructed them, and they were beaten and punished if they disobeyed him.

Trial testimony established that Campbell confiscated passports and identity documents from three of the victims, as well as harbored and transported them to ensure their continued labor.

Campbell forced one victim to engage in commercial sex acts with customers at various other massage parlors, but not at the Day and Night Spa, which testimony showed he operated “cleanly” to avoid problems with law enforcement.

He extorted another victim to pay him more than $25,000 to leave the “Family” by threatening to send a sexually-explicit video recording to her parents in Belarus.

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office assisted in the investigation, which was coordinated by the Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force. The task force, together with the Salvation Army Family and Community Services STOP-IT Initiative Against Human Trafficking, operate a toll-free hotline, (877) 606-3158, which victims of trafficking or those with information about human trafficking can call for assistance. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Diane MacArthur and Steven Grimes and Special Litigation Counsel John Richmond of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.

A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office:

FORMER SUBURBAN MASSAGE PARLOR OPERATOR CONVICTED OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF FOUR WOMEN

CHICAGO — A federal jury today convicted a northwest suburban massage parlor owner of various federal crimes including sex-trafficking, forced labor, harboring illegal aliens, confiscating passports to further forced labor, and extortion involving four foreign women whom he mentally and physically abused while forcing them to work for him between July 2008 and January 2010.

The defendant, Alex Campbell, was found guilty of three counts each of

• forced labor,
• harboring illegal aliens for financial gain, and
• confiscating passports and other immigration documents to force the victims to work,

and one count each of

• sex trafficking by force, and
• extortion.

The jury deliberated approximately two to three hours beginning last Thursday afternoon following a three-week trial in U.S. District Court.

The trial showed that Campbell, who formerly operated the Day and Night Spa on Northwest Highway in Mt. Prospect, used violence and threats of violence to force three women from the Ukraine and one from Belarus to work for him without pay and, at times, little to no subsistence.

Campbell, also known as “Dave” and “Daddy,” 45, formerly of Glenview, remains in federal custody without bond and faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and a maximum of life on the sex-trafficking count alone, as well as prison terms ranging from a maximum of 5 to 20 years on each of the remaining counts.

Patrick Fitzgerald

U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman scheduled a hearing on post-trial motions for April 19. No date was immediately set for sentencing.

“I commend the prosecutors and investigators for their dedication and teamwork in working with the victims to bring this case to trial and achieve a successful result,” said Patrick J. Fitzgerald, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.

“The Civil Rights Division is committed to bringing human traffickers to justice and to protecting the victims of modern-day slavery,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.

“These crimes against the individual rights of the most vulnerable members of our society will not be tolerated in the United States.”

“Forced labor and sex trafficking preys upon vulnerable women and is tantamount to modern-day slavery,” said Gary J. Hartwig, Special Agent-in-Charge of ICE Homeland Security Investigations in Chicago.

“The jury has vindicated the rights of four women who suffered mental and physical abuse, sexual exploitation, extortion, and threats of deportation, all so Alex Campbell could make a profit. HSI is at the forefront of the government’s fight against human trafficking. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to combat this serious crime.”

Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart, whose sheriff’s police initiated the investigation, said,

“I am extremely proud of the concerted effort and cooperation by both my office and those in the federal agencies that were involved in this case.

“Human traffickers are in our neighborhoods and harming our communities by using what appear to be legitimate businesses as fronts for their operations.

“I hope this conviction sends a strong message that these criminal acts will not be tolerated in Cook County.”

All four victims testified as government witnesses at trial, as well as co-defendant, Danielle John, 25, who pleaded guilty before trial to two counts of harboring illegal aliens for financial gain and is also awaiting sentencing.

The testimony and evidence showed that Campbell recruited and groomed foreign women without legal status in the United States to become part of his “Family,” which he claimed was an international organization that would provide them with support.

He offered them jobs in his massage parlor, a place to live, assistance with immigration, and lured each of them to enter into a romantic relationship with him.

After gaining their trust, he forced the victims to get tattooed with his moniker, which he said made them his property and allowed him to stop paying them.

At the same time, he acquired the women’s passports and visas.

The women were forced to work long hours every day and do as Campbell instructed them, and they were beaten and punished if they disobeyed him.

Trial testimony established that Campbell confiscated passports and identity documents from three of the victims, as well as harbored and transported them to ensure their continued labor.

Campbell forced one victim to engage in commercial sex acts with customers at various other massage parlors, but not at the Day and Night Spa, which testimony showed he operated “cleanly” to avoid problems with law enforcement.

He extorted another victim to pay him more than $25,000 to leave the “Family” by threatening to send a sexually-explicit video recording to her parents in Belarus.

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office assisted in the investigation, which was coordinated by the Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force. The task force, together with the Salvation Army Family and Community Services STOP-IT Initiative Against Human Trafficking, operate a toll-free hotline, (877) 606-3158, which victims of trafficking or those with information about human trafficking can call for assistance.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Diane MacArthur and Steven Grimes and Special Litigation Counsel John Richmond of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.

The Harvard City Council will have the approval of a massage parlor on its agenda Tuesday.  Tiera Tracy is the applicant and the name of the business will be “The Relaxation Station.”

This is her first massage parlor.  She is applying for a state license.

Police Chief Dan Kazy-Garey’s background report is below:

Woodstock's Marigold Massage parlor.

A message from a friend of McHenry County Blog:

“Last night (02/23/11) I parked in front of Marigold Massage in Woodstock to get coffee next door.

“As I pulled up there were multiple investigators and policeman inside talking to two of the women in there, shortly after the owner entered.

“When I came out of dunkin donuts both of the women were being escorted out in handcuffs, yet the owner was free to leave.

“I am in this plaza often due to coffee runs and I have never once seen a woman or young man enter the parlor.

“The run their hours well after the closing sign states and I’ve heard snidbits every now and then about this chain of massage parlors.

“Most of it I brushed off as gossip.

“But what astonishes me is that these women are being punished and the owner is free to continue his filthy career of misusing the women and treating them as if they were expendable.”

Here is the article about other recent massage parlor prostitution raids in McHenry County.

Here's how the story was introduced by WMAQ-TV December 9, 2010.

Metra Executive Director Phil Pagano, a Crystal Lake resident who was appointed to his post by a Republican Board of Directors, was not only a crook, but a cad.

Attorney James Sotos explaining that Phil Pagano had told him he did nothing illegal or immoral.

A liar, too, because he told Metra investigating attorney James Sotos that nothing he did was illegal or immoral.

But Metra found love notes and canceled checks among Pagano’s personal effects the day after he killed himself.

Metra officials didn’t tell the public about that, however.

Channel 5′s Phil Rogers tracked down a former masseuse from Northwest Indiana massage parlor who said she had a relationship with Pagano that ended in 2005. They met via eHarmony.

Now living in New Mexico (she moved about a month after Pagano committee suicide), the 61-year old girlfriend told Rogers that Pagano was “a liar and a thief.”

“He was such a proficient liar,” she told Rogers.

Pagano told the woman he was widowed and had pancreatic cancer.

Two more lies.

Phil Rogers tells NBC 5's 10 o'clock news audience what he has found.

A source told Channel 5 that a canceled $10,000 check was found among Pagano’s personal effects. It was to another woman.

This, plus other personal effects were turned over to Pagano’s wife Barbara by Metra.

And guess what?

“The woman’s name came to light the first day after Pagano’s suicide,” according to the NBC News story.

Metra officials will have some interesting answers as to why they kept this information secret.

There’s more. Read the WMAQ-TV story.

The Leyden Township billboard tells "Johns" they could pay $2,150, if arrested for solicitation.

Going after the family vote, I suppose, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is conducting a highly publicized campaign against “Johns,” the customers of prostitutes.

It must be a bigger problem than in McHenry County.

The sign outside Suite 101 says, "The Healing Touch."

And, anyway the Illinois State Police raid on the massage parlor in the old Northwest Herald building next to Nick’s Pizza on Pyott Road was within the boundaries of Crystal Lake.

So, Sheriff Keith Nygren probably won’t follow Sheriff Dart’s billboard example.

But, State Police Colonel Rob Haley denied my Freedom of Information request for the police report on the arrest of Lan Rui He, age 31, who lived in an apartment on Darlington Lane, writing,

“The case is still being actively investigated and is an open investigation.  The requested information is withheld per the freedom act’s provisions regarding

• interference with pending or actually and reasonably contemplated law enforcement proceedings conducted by any law enforcement or correctional agency (5ILCS 140/7(1)(d)(i),
• obstruct an ongoing criminal investigation (5ILCS 140/7(1)(d)(vii),
• private information (5ILCS 140/7(1)(b), and
• create a substantial likelihood that a person will be deprived of a fair trail or an impartial hearing (5ILCS 140/7(1)(d)(iii).

He continues,

900 Pyott Road, Crystal Lake, where the prostitution arrest was made.

“Pursuant to ISP media guidelines, the following information is provided:

“The Illinois State Police North Central Narcotics Task Force arrested Lan Rue He, female, age 31, 5801 Darlington Lake,  Crystal Lake for Prostitution (11-14a Class A) on July 29, 2010 at 1:30 at 900 Pyott Road, Crystal Lake.  Bond is $1,000 ($100 cash – 10%).”

I have such mixed emotions on this issue.

Young Chinese political leaders are briefed on the Immigration and Customs floor of the McHenry County Jail.

On the one hand, I have seen the hope in the eyes of a late 20-something mother leading her children with husband bringing up the rear to a meeting in the First Methodist Church of Crystal Lake which I am sure she thought was about learning how to become an American citizen.

I have heard from McHenry County’s chief jailer how Chinese women buy their way to O’Hare Airport, where they and men who have arrived with the help of Chinese gangs, get taken into custody and bused to ICE detention floor of the McHenry County Jail.

Statue of Liberty

I don’t know how the Chinese women get out our jail, but he told me when they do they basically become sex slaves to pay off their debts, while the men work in Chinese restaurants. (You may remember the Chinese connection to the massage parlor arrests in Crystal Lake and Hampshire, which may or may not be of any relevance.)

On the other hand, I have heard the anger in the voices of children whose parents and grandparents had to enter the country through Ellis Island.

Talk about intensity!

When we visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island this summer, I was amazed at the variety of languages. Maybe 50% were not speaking English.

The draw of freedom and opportunity in the United States clearly is alive, even vibrant.

We took a tour of the main building on Ellis Island. The big room on the second floor of the building where people who passed the “six second medical exam” coming up the steps was empty.

No wire cages where prospective residents waited to be called to the front of the room to stand before “inspectors” who would decide whether they could proceed with the immigration process or be sent back to their ship for deportation.

I tried to put myself in the place of those in later years who sat on benches (the cages having been removed at the repeated requests of reformers) for their names to be called.

Where hopeful immigrants sat in Ellis Island waiting for their names to be called.

How afraid of rejection people must have been.

But nothing above has brought me to this article.

It’s political consultants replying to questions from the National Journal about the impact of the Obama Administration’s court suit in Arizona.

Here’s the question:

On balance, do you think the Justice Department’s legal challenge to Arizona’s immigration law helps or hurts your party in the midterm elections?

103 Democratic Party consultants split

Helps 42%
Hurts 49%

Republicans?

Helps 94%
Hurts 4%

The comments (no identities attached) were interesting.

A Democrat who thinks it will help says,

• “Will further cement Latinos to the Democratic Party — those opposed would most likely not vote Democratic anyhow.”

A couple who side with the majority of Democratic Party consultants comment,

• “Good long term for Obama in 2012; horrible for those running in 2010.”
• “The Democrats need to spend August talking about the economy and jobs; instead, now we have a month of talking about immigration.”

Republican comments:

• “The DOJ lawsuit helps Republicans in the midterms, but it no doubt is hurtful long term. The longer Republicans stand behind a plan of ‘border security first,’ the further we move away from Hispanics.”
• “The problem is what it means in the future. If Hispanics lock in for Democrats in the same percentages as African-Americans have done, Republicans could become the Whigs at the national level in the next decade.”
• “Lawyers, from D.C., suing voters, on behalf of illegal immigrants — you can’t write this stuff [any better].”
• “What Democrat in their right mind wants to debate illegal immigration in the last 90 days before November?”

Here’s who answered the National Journal’s questions:

National Journal Insiders

Democratic Political Insiders

Jill Alper, John Anzalone, Brad Bannon, Dave Beattie, Andy Bechhoefer, Cornell Belcher, Matt Bennett, Mitchell W. Berger, Mike Berman, Stephanie Bosh, Paul Brathwaite, Donna Brazile, Mark Brewer, Ed Bruley, George Bruno, Deb Callahan, Bonnie Campbell, Bill Carrick, Guy Cecil, Martin J. Chavez, Tony Coelho, Larry Cohen, Jerry Crawford, Stephanie Cutter, Jeff Danielson, Peter Daou, Howard Dean, Jim Demers, Tad Devine, David Di Martino, Debbie Dingell, Monica Dixon, Patrick Dorton, Pat Dujakovich, Anita Dunn, Jeff Eller, Steve Elmendorf, Carter Eskew, Eric Eve, Vic Fazio, Peter Fenn, Scott Ferson, Jim Fleischmann, Tina Flournoy, Don Foley, Don Fowler, Vincent Frillici, Gina Glantz, Niles Godes, John Michael Gonzalez, Joe Grandmaison, Anna Greenberg, Stan Greenberg, Pat Griffin, Larry Grisolano, Michael Gronstal, Lisa Grove, Marcia Hale, Jill Hanauer, Dick Harpootlian, Paul Harstad, Laura Hartigan, Mike Henry, Karen Hicks, Leo Hindery Jr., Harold Ickes, Marcus Jadotte, John Jameson, Steve Jarding, Jonathon Jones, Jim Jordan, Gale Kaufman, Lisa Kountoupes, Kam Kuwata, Celinda Lake, David Lang, Penny Lee, Chris Lehane, Jeff Link, Bill Lynch, Bob Maloney, Steve Marchand, Jim Margolis, Paul Maslin, Keith Mason, Terry McAuliffe, Susan McCue, Gerald McEntee, Tom McMahon, Phil McNamara, David Medina, Mark Mellman, John Merrigan, Steve Murphy, Janet Napolitano, David Nassar, Marcia Nichols, John Norris, Tom Ochs, Tom O’Donnell, Scott Parven, Jeffrey Peck, Debora Pignatelli, Tony Podesta, Jack Quinn, Larry Rasky, Bruce Reed, Mame Reiley, Steve Ricchetti, Will Robinson, Steve Rosenthal, David Rudd, John Ryan, Michael Sargeant, Wendy Sherman, Terry Shumaker, Sean Sinclair, Phil Singer, Erik Smith, Doug Sosnik, Greg Speed, Darry Sragow, Ken Strasma, Sarah Swisher, Jeffrey Trammell, Ed Turlington, Rick Wiener, Bridgette Williams, James Williams, JoDee Winterhof, Brian Wolff, Jon Youngdahl, and Jim Zogby.

GOP Political Insiders

Dan Allen, Stan Anderson, Gary Andres, Saulius (Saul) Anuzis, Whit Ayres, Brett Bader, Mitch Bainwol, Gary Bauer, David Beckwith, Clark Benson, Wayne Berman, Brian Bieron, Charlie Black, Kirk Blalock, Carmine Boal, Jeff Boeyink, Ron Bonjean, Jeff Buley, Luke Byars, Nick Calio, Al Cardenas, Danny Carroll, Ron Christie, Jim Cicconi, Rob Collins, Cesar Conda, Jake Corman, Scott Cottington, Charlie Crist, Greg Crist, Diane Crookham-Johnson, Fergus Cullen, Tom Davis, Mike Dennehy, Ken Duberstein, Steve Duprey, Debi Durham, Sara Fagen, Frank Fahrenkopf, John Feehery, Don Fierce, Mindy Finn, Mindy Fletcher, Carl Forti, Alex Gage, Sam Geduldig, Adam Geller, Benjamin Ginsberg, David Girard-diCarlo, Bill Greener, Jonathan Grella, Lanny Griffith, Janet Mullins Grissom, Doug Gross, Todd Harris, Steve Hart, Christopher Healy, Ralph Hellmann, Chris Henick, Terry Holt, David Iannelli, Barry Jackson, Clark Judge, David Keating, David Kensinger, Bruce Keough, Bob Kjellander, Ed Kutler, Chris Lacivita, Jim Lake, Steve Lombardo, Kevin Madden, Joel Maiola, Gary Maloney, David Marin, Mary Matalin, Dan Mattoon, Brian McCormack, Mark McKinnon, Kyle McSlarrow, Ken Mehlman, Jim Merrill, Tim Morrison, Mike Murphy, Phil Musser, Ron Nehring, Terry Nelson, Neil Newhouse, David Norcross, Ziad Ojakli, Jack Oliver, Todd Olsen, Connie Partoyan, Dana Perino, Van B. Poole, Tom Rath, Scott Reed, David Rehr, Tom Reynolds, Steve Roberts, Jason Roe, David Roederer, Dan Schnur, Russ Schriefer, Rich Schwarm, Brent Seaborn, Rick Shelby, Andrew Shore, Kevin Shuvalov, Don Sipple, Fred Steeper, Bob Stevenson, Eric Tanenblatt, Richard Temple, Heath Thompson, Jay Timmons, Warren Tompkins, Ted Van Der Meid, Dirk van Dongen, Jan van Lohuizen, Stewart Verdery, Dick Wadhams, John Weaver, Lezlee Westine, Tom Wilson, Dave Winston, Ginny Wolfe, and Fred Wszolek.

Local thoughts tomorrow.

Sunday I went looking for the 900 Pyott Road address given in the Chicago Sun-Times article published last Friday, July 30th.

Google was no help.  Looked like an empty intersection.

A nearby place that appeared it might be the location was something of a gift shop which the owner said didn’t have anything like a massage parlor going “on the side.”

No East West Healing Touch.

With some expert guidance, I went looking again today.

And found the place.

900 Pyott Road, called Pyott Place.

It’s the old Northwest Herald office building. (Or maybe it was called the Crystal Lake Herald way back then.)

The location of the arrest is just south of Nick's Pizza.

Behind Nick’s Pizza on Pyott Road, just south of Virginia Street Road.

The list of tenants at 900 Pyott Place.

Nothing on the big sign listing tenants.

Perhaps I have mentioned that the most boring play I ever attended was “Waiting for Gedot.”

There was a lot of waiting.

Just like trying to find something in the Northwest Herald about sex for sale a a Crystal Lake massage parlor called East West Healing Touch.

Nothing in today’s paper.

Nothing on the web site about the story that broke on three other newspaper web sites on Friday night.  (The others are linked here.)

Waiting.

That’s what Northwest Herald readers have been doing with regard to the story of the arrest at a Pyott Road massage parlor.

How often does the Chicago Sun-tmies beat the Northwests Herald on a Crystal Lake story?

Besides the three newspaper articles I have linked to previously, tonight I’m told the subject was being discussed on WLS Radio.

Maybe there will be an article in the Sunday edition of McHenry County’s paper of record.

If so, the waiting will be over.

Yesterday, I put up links to the Daily Herald’s and Courier News’ articles on the arrests in Crystal Lake at East West Healing Touch on Pyott Road.

An observant reader notes that I missed the article that was in the Chicago Sun-Times. So, just in case you want to read it, you can find it here.

There was an arrest in Hampshire at a place with the same name, but better advertised.

The articles indicate that assistance from the North Central Narcotics Task Force was requested by Crystal Lake and Hampshire police.

Here’s the paragraph about the Crystal Lake arrest:

“At about 12:30 p.m., police said, an undercover officer arrived for an appointment he had made by responding to a Craigslist post. More than 40 minutes into the massage, the woman rolled the officer over, removed his towel and, without asking, made a move to massage the officer’s privates. At that point, the officer made an excuse to leave, then called the rest of the task force to serve the warrant.”

There is at least one other Craiglist posting for similar services in Crystal Lake.

There is no mention of the Pyott Road location in Crystal Lake on the internet in this Google search. Click to enlarge.

The East West Healing Touch location in Crystal Lake cannot be found in this Google search, but the one in Hampshire pops up.

In June, I published this article about how I was told Chinese woman entering the United State illegally at O’Hare Airport end up in the ICE floor of the McHenry County Jail.

Further, that I was told they work off their airfare and the smuggler’s fee as prostitutes after they get out of jail.

There are reported Chinese connections to this story.