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Another Chinese who has been involved in sex trafficking of women from China to the U.S. to work as prostitutes in massage parlors is now in the hands of the law.
The extradition of Wei Li from California to Hawaii came just days after U.S. District Judge Algenon Marbley sentence Hui Li, a Chinese woman, to 12 months and one day for the similar offense of sex trafficking. Hui, who was arrested at Honolulu International Airport on Friday upon his extradition from California was arrested as part of the U.S. government crackdown on illegal massage parlors that actually are brothels, reported ABC.
Hui is charged with racketeering for owning or operating an illegal prostitution business in California where he was arrested in April and fought extradition. His bail was set at $200,000, while his co-accused, Biyu Situ, who used to own the Mayflower Massage parlor, now defunct, is free on a $100,000 bail. Biyu is facing the same charges with trial in a state court set in November.
Besides the racketeering charges, Situ also is facing federal charges for allegedly attempting to brine a Department of Homeland Security investigator so her business would be protected from raids of law enforcers and help in acquiring American citizenship.
Keith Kaneshiro, a Honolulu prosecutor, said Wei is now detained at the Oahu Community Correctional Center. Besides the mainland, Wei also allegedly brought Chinese women to Hawaii to become sex trade workers in massage parlors at the Pacific island.
