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 keeping with Michigan Legal professional Normal Dana Nessel.
Piao was arrested and charged final yr after a multi-agency investigation into allegations that a world human trafficking ring was working in Wayne County.
She was initially charged with the next:
One depend of Conducting a Legal Enterprise, a 20-year felony;
One depend of Conspiracy to Commit a Legal 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 Holding a Home of Prostitution, 5-year felonies.
Piao pleaded responsible in September to 1 depend of Conducting a Legal 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. This can be a nationwide, toll-free hotline that’s obtainable to reply calls, texts, and chats from wherever within the nation, 24 hours a day, 7 days every week, each day of the yr. All calls are confidential.
Michiganders who suspect human trafficking can name 855-MICH-TIP for help.
