Most of the 25 woman found in neighborhood brothels during last weekend's bust in Las Vegas are here illegally and will most likely face deportation, authorities said. Investigators have also confirmed they are hunting for two more suspects in connection with the prostitution ring and are working on seizing bank accounts in the coming days. The investigation, dubbed Operation Doll House, netted eight arrests. The 25 women who police think were forced into prostitution are being held and questioned by investigators, said Lt.
Most of the women speak little or no English. Many are from Asian countries. Also caught up in the busts were two high-ranking California law enforcement officers -- San Mateo County Sheriff Greg Munks and Undersheriff Carlos Bolanos -- who told reporters on Tuesday that they had believed the illegal brothel was a legitimate business.
Police do not think the women entered prostitution on their own. Police believe they were either brought here by force or tricked into believing they would have a good job when they came. Logue said some of the women are working to pay off their debt for coming to the U. He added that most were here illegally and there is the possibility they will be deported. On Saturday, police raided two homes in the block of Eldon Street, and a home in the block of El Camino Avenue and another in the block of San Joaquin Avenue.
Four apartments were also raided. Two were in at a complex in the block of Arville Street, one in the block of Arville Street and another in the block of Tropicana Avenue. The names of two of those arrested were not released Tuesday. A neighbor, who identified herself only as Precious, said she recognized Yane from her mug shot as the woman living near her unit at an apartment complex in the block of Arville.
Precious and another neighbor said that when police raided the apartment, Yane jumped from a second-story window trying to elude them. Precious said that a maintenance worker at the complex, who had repaired the unit's door after the police raid, informed her that the apartment had four beds, four TVs, a bulk order of 1, condoms and eight gallons of lubricant. The apartment complex, which appears to be home to a number of young families, was bustling with children playing outside on Tuesday evening.
