Federal authorities in Nebraska carried out a series of raids, leading to the arrest of a group of Indian nationals who were allegedly engaged in an elaborate scheme involving sex, labor, and drug trafficking. In addition to multiple businesses owned by the suspected traffickers in Nebraska, the scheme also involved companies in Georgia and Texas.

In an announcement on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska Lesley A. Woods reported the arrest of five Indian nationals and the unsealing of a 65-page indictment alleging that the suspects operated a series of hotels, motels, and “Brow and Lash” salons that were allegedly used to traffic other illegal aliens. The aliens were allegedly forced to provide labor and sex to pay for rooms in the hotels where they were forced to live, th

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