The NYPD and FBI arrested the manager of a Flushing-base sex trafficking and prostitution ring along with her two enforcers on Sept. 14.
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The woman who managed a Flushing-based sex trafficking and prostitution ring was indicted on racketeering and other related charges along with two of the criminal organization’s enforcers, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
Yuan Yuan Chen, 30, also known as “Xiao Pang,” Yichu Chen, 21, and Johnnie Kim, 53, all from Queens, were arrested Sept. 14 and arraigned hours later on a 31-count superseding indictment unsealed in Brooklyn federal court.
The indictment adds 10 additional assaults in-aid-of racketeering to the pending charges against Rong Rong Xu, 31, also known as “Eleanor.” Siyang Chen, 34, also known as “Ban Ban,” Carlos Curry, 43, known as “Red,” Bo Jiang, 28, all of whom are from Queens, as well as Meizhen Song, 25, known as “Die Die,” and Jilong Yu, 25, both of Dalkas, Texas.
The charges relate to the defendants’ alleged participation in the Flushing-based organization that engaged in sex trafficking, beatings and robberies of dozens of women across the United States, according to federal prosecutors.
Yuan Yuan Chen is charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking conspiracy, interstate prostitution conspiracy and assault in-aid-of racketeering, among other crimes, and Yichu Chen and Johnnie Kim are charged with Hobbs Act robbery and conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery.
According to court filings, between April 2019 and September 2021, the defendants allegedly participated in or performed work on behalf of an organization that ran a nationwide prostitution business, trafficked women and directed and carried out violent attacks on women throughout the United States to protect its turf and deter commercial sex workers from working for rival organizations or independently. In carrying out these attacks,…
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