LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Huazi Piao, 61, a Chinese language nationwide, was sentenced Tuesday to 40 months to twenty years in jail for conducting industrial intercourse operations out of therapeutic massage parlors in Wayne County, in accordance with Michigan Lawyer Basic Dana Nessel.
Piao was arrested and charged final 12 months after a multi-agency investigation into allegations that a global human trafficking ring was working in Wayne County.
She was initially charged with the next:
One depend of Conducting a Prison Enterprise, a 20-year felony;
One depend of Conspiracy to Commit a Prison Enterprise, a 20-year felony;
One depend of Accepting Earnings from Prostitution, a 20-year felony;
One depend of Cash Laundering, a 10-year felony; and
Two counts of Protecting a Home of Prostitution, 5-year felonies.
Piao pleaded responsible in September to at least one depend of Conducting a Prison Enterprise.
Human trafficking victims or those that imagine somebody might need assistance can contact the Nationwide Human Trafficking Useful resource Heart at 888-373-7888 or textual content 233733. It is a nationwide, toll-free hotline that’s accessible to reply calls, texts, and chats from anyplace within the nation, 24 hours a day, 7 days every week, daily of the 12 months. All calls are confidential.
Michiganders who suspect human trafficking can name 855-MICH-TIP for help.
