Federal Arrests in Sex Trafficking Ring

Earlier today, three individuals were arrested and charged in federal

court

with operating a sophisticated high-end brothels in

Cambridge, in Watertown, and in Eastern Virginia.

These establishments

were allegedly promoted through two different websites,

bostontopten.com

and browneyesgirlswa.blog.

The three individuals behind these websites

facilitated the movement

of predominantly Asian women across the United States

for sex trafficking and sexual...

A commercial sex ring, exploiting them in the process.

This commercial sex ring was built on secrecy and exclusivity,

catering to a wealthy and well-connected clientele,

and business was

booming until today.

It's alleged that the prospective sex buyers in this scheme

first had to respond to a survey and provide information online,

including their

driver's license photos, their employer information, credit card

information, and they often paid a monthly fee to be

part of this illicit

club.

The affidavit that's unsealed in court today alleges that once the buyers were

verified,

they were then texted and allowed to place orders for, with

commercial sex workers.

They would choose the duration of this encounter they wanted, the types of

services they wanted, and they also would receive a menu of

different

options and different women that they could purchase,

sometimes at rates between three hundred and fifty and six hundred dollars an hour.

The menu included photographs of the various women who were available that day