Da Ridge Revolutions

of course...that is why le finds it very hard to get the true owners. the money men put there name on nothing and are never on premises.

and the girls, esp if don't face deportation...the penalty for being caught is minimal.

the ones who face a big risk is the mama, or operating owner. usually what they do...organizing 2 or more girls, providing a place...is a felony. and those penalties can be very stiff...

but then, i figure a place can easily clear 100k/mo. so if you can operate for a few months without being busted...expenses are covered and then its all profit. but you've got to know to cut and run once you've made your nut. cannot live the charmed life forever. that was the former julies problem. you don't stick around more than a few years. then pass it on, for someone who doesn't have as much to lose take their shot at getting their nut. and so the process continues.
 
K-girls, Passports, Amps

Unlike amp women form China, K-girls choose this work. They even undergo
some basic free training.

Their visas to USA are not phony; brokers get them from US consul office in
Korea for a bribe. Yes, we Americans sell them the visas. They are usually 10 year visitor visas, requiring an annual trip back to Korea. The girls pay $10,000 to $15,000 for this visa, which they work off.

They make $10,000 (low) to $15,000 to $20,000 per month; they work about 10 months per year. They pay no federal, state or local income taxes.

They choose how to work it off; they can sign on to the curcuit which moves
them around from Amp to Amp, or they can work freelance on the street (often Wall Street) or they work for escort agencies, a few are Korean but most American, Spanish, etc.

The most attractive women work for the escort agencies. They work at night
and have the day to themselves unlike Amp work which sometimes is 16 to 24 hours.

In Amps, they keep the tip money, only paying expenses.

They save, spend or send money home, depending on their own personalty.

They usually payoff the amount owed quickly. If they sign-up for the moving
tour, they may be asked to give their passport (visa) to the agensts for the length of the tour they agreed to, like a baseball contract.
If they freelance, they hold onto their visa.

They use Korean banks to wire money home, they don't need SS#s in Korean banks. They can set up savings accounts in Korean banks.

They do spend a lot on breaks for food, clothing, designer purses, drink, kariokee, some gamble it away. Some save it.

Most end up staying in the USA by marriage, some work out, some don't.

More work out than you think. Pay a visit to the K-stores grocers in Cheltanham Avenue or go to Korean churches on Sunday and you will see the Kgirls with their American husbands and their children.

Some were hardened when they came here by doing the same work for 10 years in Korea. They get even harder.

The young ones newer to the trade tend to do better here, but not all. They usually had some problems in their Korean childhood with absent, drunken father, non-caring mother, hooker mothers, want of attention, money problems and they choose to attempt to earn huge amounts of money with only a high school education. They tend to be bright but don't want to study or didn't have the funds. Some just want easy money. korea is home of millions of prostitues, it is sort of accepted there.

Yes, their apartments (escorts), cell phones, etc cost more because they do
not have have SS# and established credit. And they are usually "rescued" by Korean cell phone agents via high prices. They don't feel comfortable on
public transit so they use Korean Taxis (gang taxi owned) for transportation.

Korean taxi service is some of the best, most cordial, timely, clean cars and
well dressed drivers I have ever been in. Really a great way to be transported and reasonable as far as taxi service is concerned.

The gang, mob, etc. gets a cut from the Amps, they help supply the girls,
arrange for them to come here, etc.

Most K-girls do not come via Mexico or Cansda, they fly in on Korean Air or Asiana from Korea to JFK and start in Flushing, New York, the spawning waters of Kgirls in America.

Go too JFK and stroll around the Korean Air turminal and you will spot the well
dressed Kgirls in very tight clothing coming to USA or going home alone, they are very spotable.

The worst users of the Kgirls are the Amp owners or managers in my opinion.
They get the biggest cut of the $50 house money. Next are the Korean agents who obtain the 10 year visas and the American consul workers who
sell valid visas for money. We are somewhre in there too, but they like us best between the mamasans and the Kgang/mafia.
 
an impressive summary of the kgirl phenomenon in america

jeffrey may i ask your background / connection to them?

this is the most accurate and succinct of any description i have seen anywhere. not a single word wasted, and packed with facts. i'm going to save this one.

the feds put out a mostly made up BS story resulting from 100s of man hours of research/investigation and 100s of pages in court papers and testimony. yet nothing comes close to the true picture you have painted.
 
clarification please...

Jeffrey said:
Most end up staying in the USA by marriage, some work out, some don't.

More work out than you think. Pay a visit to the K-stores grocers in Cheltanham Avenue or go to Korean churches on Sunday and you will see the Kgirls with their American husbands and their children.
when you say most stay by marriage:

1) to former clients, or others? if others...where do they meet? church?

2) when you say american husbands, do you mean caucasians or american-born asians? which is more prevalent?

3) guys of the same age...or often much younger women to much older men?

thanks.
 
Slavery?

How is it slavery when these girls can go down to AC and drop 10k in a night gambling? I've seen it. I've been with and watched it. Trust me...girls that worked in CH1 or CH2 were not slaves. Its all about the money. And even when they get out of it..they come back to it. Go read some of the older boards. Some of these girls leave , get married..and come back after years out of the business....why? M O N E Y. Don't kid yourself. Your pity is part of how they get your money. Many a dumb monger has "helped" out a poor provider and thought he would rescue her. She doesn't need it, and she doesn't want it. She just wants the money.

As to when they get busted...what's the old saying? When you play you pay. Its just time to pay up. They will all be back. Maybe not at Ch2. Somewhere, some city, some time. Debbie and all the rest will surface again. Bank on it.
 
Debbie

Hey , Debbie will never surface again if she dosen't do some big time .If anyone knows what or where is is please let us know .I can speak for my self that she was one of the most beatiful women I have ever known .Inside an out.Most of us don't know it yet but she was the Doctor of Pchy .how many times did u see people behind the desk sitting there or standing there .I have known Deb for 10 & yrs and can with out guess say I may not be alive if it was not for her .Some of the guys didn't take a girl but would come in and talk to her and the girls .thinks about it . She is very busy but still took time to talk or help us or me.How many times did she stear us with the right girl ???? or listen to our bad storys.Remember we came to her she didn't call us .I had the hornor of being out with her at the mall or some where and she would see some of us with wives or family and didn't know us and then we came to her store she said W O W who was the lady she is very pretty. lol lol .That was Debbie .Yes there is risk and $$$$$ but never at our expence .I saw it let him"""s more than one go take me . We hould be thinking more about those people ( Debbie Her daughter .Cooking MOM EMO and the girls who made a day week or more untile we got back.I know Deb reads this and maybe we can give some support to her and the rest of them by writing some exp we had .lol lol Deb ,I want to thank you for being a friend and much much more .I can never repay you for the things you did for me .Honest i not sure where i would be .Maybe dead because thats where i was going .Belive i will never forget u ans hope to be in touch with u soon Keep the faith .If u need anything u know how ti get my .I will always be there for u as u where for me .Thiking of you James Bond ..For old times 007 Take care
 
Hurls..you make me want to hurl

Get a grip. Just like CH1 ended-CH2 has now ended. Some of the girls will be back one day to open a new shop. Debbie may be one of them. Or she may go to another city. The fact that you post like it is a funeral, shows you exhibit the kind of emotional heart string that these girls manipulate. I feel so bad for the mammasan that made about 100k a month since she took over. Cry me a river alice and get over it already.
 
D Sanchez

D Sanchez,Why don't you get a life.Seems you don't have one or any friends because u are always one this my man .You were probility one of thoses guy who sat behind the desk falling in LOVE lol lol and thinking they liked you.Why don't you get out a bit and smell the roses .Debbie is facing F E D E R A l charges .The feds can make piece of lunch meat into a huge sandwich .It pretty clear you cann't see what she is comming up against.Get a life D Sanchez .You need one
 
To Nabbeun

Thanks for the kind words, Nabbeun. I once posted this on another board
and the sharks ripped it to shreds, perhaps they will resurface here also
and rip it. But it is accurate, except for the spelling; they rip that also.

I am not affiliated with them, but I listen, remember, ask questions, have seen many of the Kgirls outside of the Amp world and have a clear picture.

I have been in their restaurants, groceries, stores, kariokee places, and of course rides in Korean Taxi, which is linked to the Amp World in USA.
Korean Taxis are unmarked, give great service, clean, respectful and very
reasonably priced, they only taxi to choose in NYC, but, you likely need
to know Korean.

Also I have great knowledge of the American MP world due to a co-worker's management slash investment in a past chain of MPs as well as info from
a lawyer who was part of the team that investigated and busted two chains
of them in Pa.

YOUR QUESTIONS:

when you say most stay by marriage:

1) to former clients, or others? if others...where do they meet? church?

a. Former clients with steady jobs and a house
b. People they meet outside the Amp world as they start to age a bit
who have a job and house.
c. They want very much to live in a house with a yard.
d. They want a husband who does not drink or drinks very little

2) when you say american husbands, do you mean caucasians or american-born asians? which is more prevalent?

a. They prefer American caucasians; we have the reputation of being
the world's best husbands. They do not want the typical Korean
husband who is there the first year of marriage and is absent
thereafter, drunk several times a week, and who gets physical
periodically and repeatedly with his wife and who does not help out
with any housework and then goes out to Korean massage parlors in
Korea for the rest of his life. That is why so many young Korean
women in Korea today are choosing to work at a low paying job and
stay single.

The above is true but the sharks in the past called it Korean slurs and
stereo-typing. But, it holds true a very high percentage of the time.
It has gotton so bad that Korean women after 20 years of such an
abusive marriage are starting to murder their husbands and face
life sentances in prison rather than the beatings at home.
If a Korean woman calls the police due to battering and the husband
orders the police to go away, they go away.

b. They prefer American men who do not drink much or none at
all. The Kgirls usually stop their drinking after marriage, and even
smoking.

c. If you want to pick a Kgirl, your best chances are with one who is
young and has not done this work for a long time, who is willing to stop
drinking and smoking, who wants children and does not use bad
language. What I am trying to say, is you want one who is not
hardened by this type of life, who has not been with 40,000 guys.
One year of an Amp girl usually equates to 3,000 to 3,500 customers;
better to get one that is young and just got here for a month or two.

And don't expect frequent Amp service at home after marriage, they
have had enough.

3) guys of the same age...or often much younger women to much older men?

thanks.

a. They pick guys older, less sex, more appreciation, husband less
likely to trade them in for a younger model since they are younger
and they see a track record of his life style.


Escort Services

Usually in this area they are in NYC.

Not typically Asian owned escort services, usually American caucasian,
Spanish etc. They are on the net as Asian Dolls or Asian this and that.

The owners are varied from fat to young, from clean to coke addicts
Usually want to be rich and have illusions of grandeur and are tough,
cheat on taxes, cheat on wives, scum-type.

Don't know which Amps got closed in DC. Those which had the best
service in my opinion were Happiness and Royal (next door to each other),
Supra and Sun. Downtown Spa was good in past but became a rippoff
place and is to be avoided

Some of the best were Linda, Coco, Mimi (different); I had this year
posted names on this board in the DC and Smile Spa areas. But, early this
summer most of the best girls left DC. I think the word about the ongoing
investigation and impending raid got out. Since Debbie and Smile Spa
owner were talking about recruits on the tapped phones, they clearly were
speaking in Korean and clearly, the person(s) listening in and translating
were Korean, so there must have been leaks.

The best got out of DC, unlike other board members, I never really saw
the best from New England in the major Philly Spas; a few did get to the
small town spas such as Allentown, Quakertown, Reading etc in recent
months. They went where there was less chance of hits, though
Smile got hit.

Hope to hear from you again, Nabbeun.
 
To Hurly

Hurly, I think D. Sanchez may be associated with the crew as a regular recruiter of Kgirls in South Korea.

Debbie had about 50 customers per day Sunday thru Thursday and 60 per day on Friday and Saturday or 370 per week or about 18,500 per year.
This volume info comes from the tapped conversation with Susan to
the recruiters in Flushing.

18,500 customer visits per year times $50 house comes to gross (not profit) of $925,000 annually. Not including expenses, heat, condoms, AC, food,
those little bottles of water or beer nor payoffs to the K-gang/mob/mafia.

CH1 had many more customers per day, per year, etc., thus had more and better Kgirls.
 
Me?

Jeffrey...you seem to know as much about the business as I do. Why is it i am the recruiter? Take a look in the mirror buddy. Hurley..I have no idea what nonsense you were trying to babble. Learn how to type or put away the beer before you type. If you are trying to say Debbie is facing RICO charges...DAH.


Flabbergasted hit the nail on the head. CH3 will open. Different name, different spot, but some of the same girls, who will ride the fame of CH1 and CH2.

As for the pity party, Debbie and the crew knew there was an investigation ongoing for at least a year. Good lord man, it was in the papers over a year ago that a federal task force to investigate human trafficking, etc. was being funded from money from Homeland Security. If she was actually careless enough to talk about business on the phone then I hope she was at least smart enough to put some money away each month for the legal fees she obviously going to run into. Dah.
 
Mirror Mirror on the Wall, who is AKA Amp Pimp?

Mirror says D.S.
Mirror says he regularly visits Korea.
Mirror says other alias starts with Sam.

Mirror, under oath, says Jeff is just knowledgeable and has read the
recently released FBI report where Debbie and Susan stated on their
cell phones 50 customers on weekdays and 60 customers on weekends.

Mirror says Jeff does not and never has had connections, just a few
aquaintences who were workers he got to know well. Jeff listens well
and asks questions.

Mirror is done speaking about D.S. forever.

Mirror has no problems with D.S or S.K. involvement, just reports.
 
Sam?

Jeffrey...are you drinking before you post? Are you saying I am *** ****? I can't stand that *** ****. I don't come on here on a regular basis trying to make myself sound important, which is ***'s trademark. Surely you can tell my english is better than his. Why you want to hurt me Jeffrey?

Would love to see the FBI report if you got the link :)
 
Part 01 of Complaint

Approved: ELIE HONIG / JASON P.W. HALPERINAssistant United States Attorneys
Before: HON. DOUGLAS F. EATON
United States Magistrate JudgeSouthern District of New York
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- v. -
KYO HWA ADLER, SUN IM AN, JI HYUN BANG, AEOK BOYDSTON,
a/k/a “Big Sister Lillie,” UN SUN BROWN, KIM CHONG,
a/k/a “Big Sister Lora,” YONG CHONG,
a/k/a “Ra Ra,” SUN DANEMAN, CHONG GIROUARD, CHUN GRANDT,
a/k/a “Texas Imo,” MI SUN HAYES, AN SOON KIM, HYANG RAN KIM,
a/k/a “Tina,” HYEA KIM,
a/k/a “Patty Kim,” KYUNG HWA KIM, YONG HUI KIM, KYONG HEE LEE, JUNG LIM,
a/k/a “Big Sister Miko,” KUM OK LOWERY, MYONG MOON,
a/k/a “Debbie,” TAE YOUNG OH, EUN JA PARK, MI JA PARK, SUNG SU PLOURDE, SENG HEE RYAN, MYONG SA, JAE SHIM, HYO WON SMITH,
: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : SEALED AMENDED COMPLAINT
06 Mag. 1138
Violations of Title 18,United States Code, Section371
COUNTY OF OFFENSE: New York, et al.
a/k/a “Niko,”TAE NAM THOMPSON,CHONG WEISHAUPT,
Defendants.
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, ss.:
MICHAEL P. CONLON, being duly sworn, deposes and says thathe is a Special Agent with United States Immigration and CustomsEnforcement (“ICE”), and he charges as follows:
COUNT ONE
1. From at least in or about February 2006, up to andincluding in or about May 2006, in the Southern District of NewYork and elsewhere, KYO HWA ADLER, SUN IM AN, JI HYUN BANG, AEOKBOYDSTON, a/k/a “Big Sister Lillie,” UN SUN BROWN, KIM CHONG,a/k/a “Big Sister Lora,” YONG CHONG, a/k/a “Ra Ra,” SUN DANEMAN,CHONG GIROUARD, CHUN GRANDT, a/k/a “Texas Imo,” MI SUN HAYES, ANSOON KIM, HYANG RAN KIM, a/k/a “Tina,” HYEA KIM, a/k/a “PattyKim,” KYUNG HWA KIM, YONG HUI KIM, KYONG HEE LEE, JUNG LIM, a/k/a“Big Sister Miko,” KUM OK LOWERY, MYONG MOON, a/k/a “Debbie,”TAE YOUNG OH, EUN JA PARK, MI JA PARK, SUNG SU PLOURDE, SENG HEERYAN, MYONG SA, JAE SHIM, HYO WON SMITH, a/k/a “Niko,” TAE NAMTHOMPSON, CHONG WEISHAUPT, the defendants, and others known andunknown, unlawfully, wilfully, and knowingly did combine,conspire, confederate, and agree together and with each other tocommit offenses against the United States, to wit, to violateSection 1590 of Title 18, United States Code; Section 2421 ofTitle 18, United States Code; Section 2422(a) of Title 18, UnitedStates Code; and Section 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii) of Title 8, UnitedStates Code.
2. It was a part and an object of the conspiracy that KYOHWA ADLER, SUN IM AN, JI HYUN BANG, AEOK BOYDSTON, a/k/a “BigSister Lillie,” UN SUN BROWN, KIM CHONG, a/k/a “Big Sister Lora,”YONG CHONG, a/k/a “Ra Ra,” SUN DANEMAN, CHONG GIROUARD, CHUNGRANDT, a/k/a “Texas Imo,” MI SUN HAYES, AN SOON KIM, HYANG RANKIM, a/k/a “Tina,” HYEA KIM, a/k/a “Patty Kim,” KYUNG HWA KIM,YONG HUI KIM, KYONG HEE LEE, JUNG LIM, a/k/a “Big Sister Miko,”KUM OK LOWERY, MYONG MOON, a/k/a “Debbie,” TAE YOUNG OH, EUN JAPARK, MI JA PARK, SUNG SU PLOURDE, SENG HEE RYAN, MYONG SA, JAESHIM, HYO WON SMITH, a/k/a “Niko,” TAE NAM THOMPSON, CHONGWEISHAUPT, the defendants, and others known and unknown,unlawfully, wilfully, and knowingly would and did recruit, 2
harbor, transport, provide, and obtain by any means persons forlabor and services by threats of harm to, and physical restraintagainst, those persons; by means of a scheme, plan, and patternintended to cause the persons to believe that, if the persons didnot perform such labor and services, those persons or anotherperson would suffer serious harm and physical restraint; and bymeans of the abuse and threatened abuse of law and the legalprocess, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section1590.
3. It was further a part and an object of the conspiracythat KYO HWA ADLER, SUN IM AN, JI HYUN BANG, AEOK BOYDSTON, a/k/a“Big Sister Lillie,” UN SUN BROWN, KIM CHONG, a/k/a “Big SisterLora,” YONG CHONG, a/k/a “Ra Ra,” SUN DANEMAN, CHONG GIROUARD,CHUN GRANDT, a/k/a “Texas Imo,” MI SUN HAYES, AN SOON KIM, HYANGRAN KIM, a/k/a “Tina,” HYEA KIM, a/k/a “Patty Kim,” KYUNG HWAKIM, YONG HUI KIM, KYONG HEE LEE, JUNG LIM, a/k/a “Big SisterMiko,” KUM OK LOWERY, MYONG MOON, a/k/a “Debbie,” TAE YOUNG OH,EUN JA PARK, MI JA PARK, SUNG SU PLOURDE, SENG HEE RYAN, MYONGSA, JAE SHIM, HYO WON SMITH, a/k/a “Niko,” TAE NAM THOMPSON,CHONG WEISHAUPT, the defendants, and others known and unknown,unlawfully, wilfully, and knowingly would and did transportindividuals in interstate and foreign commerce, with intent thatsuch individuals engage in prostitution and in any sexualactivity for which a person can be charged with a criminaloffense, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section2421.
4. It was further a part and an object of the conspiracythat KYO HWA ADLER, SUN IM AN, JI HYUN BANG, AEOK BOYDSTON, a/k/a“Big Sister Lillie,” UN SUN BROWN, KIM CHONG, a/k/a “Big SisterLora,” YONG CHONG, a/k/a “Ra Ra,” SUN DANEMAN, CHONG GIROUARD,CHUN GRANDT, a/k/a “Texas Imo,” MI SUN HAYES, AN SOON KIM, HYANGRAN KIM, a/k/a “Tina,” HYEA KIM, a/k/a “Patty Kim,” KYUNG HWAKIM, YONG HUI KIM, KYONG HEE LEE, JUNG LIM, a/k/a “Big SisterMiko,” KUM OK LOWERY, MYONG MOON, a/k/a “Debbie,” TAE YOUNG OH,EUN JA PARK, MI JA PARK, SUNG SU PLOURDE, SENG HEE RYAN, MYONGSA, JAE SHIM, HYO WON SMITH, a/k/a “Niko,” TAE NAM THOMPSON,CHONG WEISHAUPT, the defendants, and others known and unknown,unlawfully, wilfully, and knowingly would and did persuade,induce, entice, and coerce individuals to travel in interstateand foreign commerce to engage in prostitution and in any sexualactivity for which any person can be charged with a criminaloffense, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section2422(a).
 
Part 02 of Complaint

5. It was further a part and an object of the conspiracythat KYO HWA ADLER, SUN IM AN, JI HYUN BANG, AEOK BOYDSTON, a/k/a 3
“Big Sister Lillie,” UN SUN BROWN, KIM CHONG, a/k/a “Big SisterLora,” YONG CHONG, a/k/a “Ra Ra,” SUN DANEMAN, CHONG GIROUARD,CHUN GRANDT, a/k/a “Texas Imo,” MI SUN HAYES, AN SOON KIM, HYANGRAN KIM, a/k/a “Tina,” HYEA KIM, a/k/a “Patty Kim,” KYUNG HWAKIM, YONG HUI KIM, KYONG HEE LEE, JUNG LIM, a/k/a “Big SisterMiko,” KUM OK LOWERY, MYONG MOON, a/k/a “Debbie,” TAE YOUNG OH,EUN JA PARK, MI JA PARK, SUNG SU PLOURDE, SENG HEE RYAN, MYONGSA, JAE SHIM, HYO WON SMITH, a/k/a “Niko,” TAE NAM THOMPSON,CHONG WEISHAUPT, the defendants, and others known and unknown,unlawfully, wilfully, and knowing and in reckless disregard ofthe fact that an alien has come to, entered, and remains in theUnited States in violation of law, would and did transport andmove, and attempt to transport and move such alien within theUnited States by means of transportation and otherwise, inviolation of Title 8, United States Code, Section1324(a)(1)(A)(ii).
Overt Acts
6. In furtherance of the conspiracy and to effect theillegal objects thereof, the following overt acts, among others,were committed in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere:
a. On or about April 13, 2006, a co-conspirator notnamed as a defendant herein (“CC-1") drove a woman to aprostitution business in Manhattan.
b. On or about February 18, 2006, CC-1 drove throughManhattan and the Bronx in the course of delivering a woman to aprostitution business located in Washington, DC.
c. On or about February 25, 2006, CC-1 drove throughManhattan and the Bronx in the course of delivering a woman to aprostitution business located in Washington, DC.
(Title 18, United States Code, Section 371)
The basis for my knowledge and the foregoing charge is,in part, as follows:
7. I have been a Special Agent with ICE for approximatelythree years. In my capacity as a Special Agent, I haveparticipated in numerous investigations of human trafficking,alien smuggling, and interstate prostitution, among other crimes.
8. Throughout this Complaint, where I assert that astatement was made, I was not personally the individual to whom 4
the statement was made, unless I specifically so state. Rather,the information was provided by other law enforcement officers(who may have had either direct or hearsay knowledge of thestatement) to whom I have spoken or whose reports I have read andreviewed. Such statements are among many statements made byothers and are set forth only in substance and in pertinent part,unless otherwise indicated. Likewise, the information resultingfrom surveillance, except where otherwise indicated, does not setforth my personal observations, but rather has been provideddirectly or indirectly through law enforcement officers whoobserved the events that have been set forth below. Furthermore,because this Complaint is submitted for the limited purpose ofestablishing probable cause, it does not include each and everyfact learned during my investigation. Where actions, statements,or conversations of others are related herein, they are relatedin substance and in part, unless otherwise indicated.
Overview of the Investigation and Operation of the TraffickingEnterprise
9. In or about May 2005, ICE and the FBI began aninvestigation of two brothel owners located in Queens, New York,which resulted in the arrests of the two brothel owners and two NYPD officers who had been accepting bribes from the brothelowners. Building on that investigation, ICE and other lawenforcement agencies, including the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation (“FBI”), became involved in a wide-ranginginvestigation of the illegal smuggling of Korean women into theUnited States and the subsequent trafficking of those womenwithin a network of prostitution businesses operating throughoutthe Northeastern United States. During this investigation, otheragents and I have engaged in investigative techniques includingbut not limited to the following: court-authorized interceptionof telephonic communications, discussed in more detail herein;conversations with and review of files pertaining toconfidential informants and cooperating witnesses; conversationswith other agents and review of files relating to prior lawenforcement investigations of trafficking enterprises andprostitution businesses; statements made by victims of sextrafficking enterprises; and review of immigration files andcriminal history records of various defendants. Based on myinvolvement in this investigation, I have learned that this andother criminal sex trafficking enterprises generally operate asfollows.
10. First, recruiters in Korea and the United Statesidentify Korean women who want to come to the United States,typically to make money to support their families in Korea. The 5
recruiters then arrange for the transportation of the women fromKorea to North America. In some cases, the recruiters providethe women with false immigration documents, including passportsand visas, or with false underlying documents enabling the womento obtain United States passports
 
Debbie, Susan conversations recorded & translated

“Callowhill Relaxation Center,” 1041 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania

MYONG MOON, a/k/a “Debbie,”

JUNG LIM, a/k/a “Big Sister Miko,”

83. I have spoken with ICE agents based in Philadelphia,and I have reviewed documents provided by those agents. Based on those conversations and documents, I know that, in or aboutFebruary 2005, law enforcement agents raided the CallowhillRelaxation Center, located at 1041 Ridge Avenue in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, and made at least two arrests based on immigrationviolations. Philadelphia ICE agents confirmed that theCallowhill Relaxation Center was engaged in the business ofprostitution.
Defendant MYONG MOON
84. I have reviewed summary translations of at least 15phone calls between MYONG MOON, the defendant, and CC-1, who wasthen utilizing CELLPHONE 1, from on or about February 16, 2006,up to and including on or about May 11, 2006. During all ofthese calls, MOON used the phone assigned number (719) 963-3291,which is a number subscribed to MOON. During the calls, MOONidentified herself as “Debbie,” and said she was calling from“Callowhill.” I have obtained a photograph of MOON from herimmigration file.
85. On or about February 16, 2006, MOON told CC-1 she wascalling on her own cellphone from Callowhill and wanted toconfirm that CC-1 would be arriving the next day. On or about February 22, 2006, MOON told CC-1 she needed a girl with largebreasts, and CC-1 said he had a girl in mind and would call back.
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Again the following day, MOON asked CC-1 to provide a girl, andCC-1 agreed; CC-1 called MOON back later and stated he had a girlwith big breasts who he could deliver to MOON later that week.On or about February 28, 2006, MOON thanked CC-1 for the girl,and MOON told CC-1 the girl was working out very well. Again inMarch 2006, MOON requested that CC-1 provide a girl, and CC-1agreed. Also, on or about May 11, 2006, CC-1 called MOON andwarned her that a nearby location as been raided by lawenforcement, and MOON and CC-1 discussed whether the officerswere in uniform or plainclothes. CC-1 said he learned about the raid from a girl who fled the location and called CC-1 to tellhim about the raid.
Defendant JUNG LIM
86. I have reviewed summary translations of at least 27phone calls between JUNG LIM, the defendant, and CC-1, who wasthen utilizing CELLPHONE 1, from on or about February 17, 2006,up to and including on or about May 2, 2006. During all of thesecalls, LIM used the phone assigned number (917) 359-6842, whichis a number subscribed to LIM. LIM at times identified herself as “Big Sister Miko.”
87. On or about February 18, 2006, LIM asked CC-1 if CC-1had met with another individual to deliver money. LIM thanked CC-1 for helping her business. On or about March 1, 2006, LIMtold CC-1 that one girl CC-1 brought was good, but the other wasnot as good. LIM asked CC-1 to take the girl who was not as goodto another business. LIM told CC-1 she has about 50 customers on weekdays, and 60 customers on weekends, most of whom makeappointments. On or about March 1, 2006, CC-1 confirmed that hewould bring a girl to LIM’s business later that week, as agreed.LIM said she would pay CC-1 a special commission. On or about March 6, LIM and CC-1 discussed recent law enforcement activityat her business. LIM told CC-1 she had discussed the issue with her lawyer and decided to close down until the law enforcementissues were resolved. On or about March 13, 2006, CC-1 told LIMhad somebody ready and waiting to leave Flushing, New York. On or about March 22, 2006, LIM told CC-1 she would be reopeningshortly, and that she needed CC-1 to find girls because she hadabout 40 customers who had already been calling. ThroughoutApril 2006, CC-1 agreed to place girls with LIM’s business. On April 20, 2006, CC-1 told LIM that he was going to drop off a newgirl with LIM, and that a representative of CC-1 was taking backa different girl who CC-1 had recently sent to LIM.
 
Phoning Amps

If you choose to phone an Amp now or in the future, be carefull!

Homeland Security is tapping CELL PHONES, not just wired phones.

Do not use a traceable cell phone; not many options here other than
pay phones.

They are so happy with themselves that they accomplished this, that they
are likely tapping all other Amps, and as key people start talking to reduce their jail sentances, they will likely divulge more cell phone numbers of Amp owners and Amp transporters/recruiters. There are of course many more out there since the Amps raided are relatively few, the others just closed for safety.

Homeland Security, having not caught Osama, is now using their latest
gadgets to capture Korean "terrorists", hey they need to catch someone
with all this billion dollar equipment.
 
Part 01 Federal US Attorney's Office for public release

United States Attorney
Southern District of New York

United States Attorney
Eastern District of New York

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT
AUGUST 16, 2006

CONTACT: U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE (SDNY)
HEATHER TASKER, LAUREN McDONOUGH
(212) 637-2600
U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE (EDNY)
ROBERT NARDOZA
(718) 254-6323

31 KOREAN NATIONALS ARRESTED THROUGHOUT THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES IN FEDERAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE
Michael J. Garcia, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), and Mark J. Mershon, Assistant Director-in-Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), New York Field Office, announced that 31 individuals were arrested yesterday and charged in a wide?ranging human trafficking ring operating throughout the northeastern United States. The defendants have been charged by the United States Attorneys’s Offices for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York with crimes including conspiracy to engage in human trafficking, conspiracy to engage in interstate transportation of women for the purpose of prostitution and interstate transportation of women for the purpose of prostitution, conspiracy to transport illegal aliens and transportation of illegal aliens, and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. The defendants include brothel owners and managers, middlemen who worked as transporters and otherwise assisted the organization, and individuals involved in unlicensed money transmitting businesses.

According to complaints unsealed yesterday in Manhattan federal court and in Brooklyn federal court, the investigation began in approximately May 2005, when a Korean couple who owned and operated a chain of brothels in Queens, New York, attempted to bribe an undercover New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) detective to protect their businesses from being raided by law enforcement. Working in an undercover capacity, the detective began accepting bribes from the couple. Between May 2005 and March 2006, the couple paid the undercover detective a total of $126,500 in cash bribes. On March 8, 2006, the couple and two NYPD officers, who were discovered during the investigation to be accepting bribes, were arrested and charged with public corruption offenses. That prosecution is pending in federal district court in Brooklyn before U.S. District Judge Sandra L. Townes.

The government then expanded its investigation and obtained a court-authorized wiretap on the telephone of TAE HOON KIM, also known as “Tae Won,” the Flushing-based middleman and transporter. The wiretap led to the discovery of an extensive network of Korean-owned brothels, stretching from Rhode Island to Washington, D.C.

According to the complaints, the trafficking process typically began when recruiters identified women in Korea who wanted to come to the United States, often to make money to support their families. The recruiters would then arrange for the transportation of the women to North America. In some cases, the recruiters provided the women with false immigration documents to enable them to enter the United States illegally. In other instances, the women were taken into the custody of handlers in Canada or Mexico and then smuggled into the United States.

The complaints allege that by the time the women arrived in the United States, they had incurred large financial debts, usually in the tens of thousands of dollars, to recruiters in Korea and other members of the defendants’ organization. Middlemen in the United States arranged for the women to be placed in one of the network’s numerous brothels and then transported the women to the brothels. In many cases, the brothels purported to be legal enterprises, such as massage parlors, health spas, and acupuncture clinics, but in fact generated the vast majority of their revenue through illegal prostitution.

Once the women were delivered to the brothels, they were placed under the supervision and custody of the brothel owner or manager, who frequently took possession of the women’s identification and travel documents, including passports, to restrict the ability of the women to leave. The complaints charge that the women then began working as prostitutes, typically with their earnings credited against their outstanding debts to the defendants. In some instances, the women were threatened or led to believe that if they left the prostitution business before paying off their debts, they would be turned over to United States law enforcement or immigration authorities, or that their families in Korea would be harmed.

The intercepted telephone conversations revealed that the women were routinely traded and exchanged between and among the various brothel owners and managers, sometimes as often as several times per month, until they worked off their original debts to the defendants. When a new worker was needed, the owner or manager simply placed a call to a middleman or transporter, who then located a woman who fit the brothel’s need and arranged for her transportation to the new brothel. In addition, the middlemen assisted the brothel owners in sending prostitution proceeds and other funds overseas through unlicensed Korean money transmitters.
 
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