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Federal and local authorities on Thursday arrested two people for allegedly operating a string of massage parlors in Washington and California that included two in Lodi and one in Sacramento County that were fronts for prostitution.
According to a news release from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement department, Tham Nguyen, 48, and Suong Tran, 51, both of Burien, Wash., face charges of conspiracy to transport individuals in furtherance of prostitution and conspiracy to engage in money laundering. They were indicted on Wednesday.
Investigators say they learned that since 2007, Nguyen and Tran recruited women from out-of-state to work as prostitutes and arranged for them to be moved among their businesses, which included three massage parlors in Washington and three in California. They also owned and operated a legal brothel in Nevada.

See the full article from “Sacramento Bee (blog)”

From our “Well That’s Not Surprising” and “It’s About Time” departments comes word from our friends at KIRO News that two people have been busted on prostitution charges for running three “massage parlors,” including Bamboo Sauna, located at 14021 Ambaum Blvd. SW in Burien.

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Sacramento, Lodi ‘massage spa’ owners arrested in prostitution probe
SACRAMENTO, CA – One Sacramento and two Lodi massage parlors were being used as fronts in a three-state prostitution and money laundering enterprise, allege immigration and customs investigators.
The owners/operators of Healthy Living Nails and Spa, 3715 47th Avenue in Sacramento; Valley Spa, 321 North California Street, Lodi; and AAH Spa, 20 North Cherokee Lane, Lodi, were arrested on conspiracy to transport individuals for prostitution and conspiracy to engage in money laundering, said Lorie Dankers, spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
Washington state residents Tham Nguyen, 48, and Suong Tran, 51, taken into custody Thursday. Court documents show the pair owns the three California businesses as well as three similar enterprises in Washington and a legal brothel in Nevada.

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The city of Sacramento on Monday announced that it is seeking applicants for $12 million in low-interest bonds provided by the federal stimulus package for private development projects.
The bond financing stems from the Recovery Zone Facility Bond program, which is a low-cost financing mechanism for ready-to-build projects. Cities and counties were granted the authority to issue these bonds to stimulate development.
The city issued the notice Monday and is seeking letters of interest.
Sacramento will be a “conduit” issuer of the bonds, but the funding is not a grant and the city is not “backing” the bond. Borrowers must have the ability to secure a letter of credit from a rated bank or commitment from an institutional investor.
Projects that do not qualify under federal rules are residential rental properties, golf courses, country clubs, massage parlors, hot tub facilities, suntan facilities, racetracks, gambling facilities or liquor stores.

See the full article from “MSN Money”

The city of Sacramento on Monday announced that it is seeking applicants for $12 million in low-interest bonds provided by the federal stimulus package for private development projects.
The bond financing stems from the Recovery Zone Facility Bond program, which is a low-cost financing mechanism for ready-to-build projects. Cities and counties were granted the authority to issue these bonds to stimulate development.
The city issued the notice Monday and is seeking letters of interest.
Sacramento will be a “conduit” issuer of the bonds, but the funding is not a grant and the city is not “backing” the bond. Borrowers must have the ability to secure a letter of credit from a rated bank or commitment from an institutional investor.
Projects that do not qualify under federal rules are residential rental properties, golf courses, country clubs, massage parlors, hot tub facilities, suntan facilities, racetracks, gambling facilities or liquor stores.

See the full article from “Sacramento Business Journal”

Vacaville Sex For Sale
FOX40 News December 23, 2009
VACAVILLE – A husband pimping out his own wife online and a woman giving sexual services at a massage parlor.
They’re just some of the alleged crimes stopped by a prostitution sting in Vacaville over the past three months.
Vacaville Police say Lina Nguyen was offering special sexual services inside K&M Massage parlor. FOX40 did talk to the owner, but she said she was unaware of what Nguyen was doing on her property.
But cops say Nguyen was providing sexual services on a daily basis. And it appears she wasn’t shy about her location – K & M is just 3-blocks from the Vacaville Police Department.
Still cops say their shocker in this several month long sting is Samuel and Christina Lamb – a husband and wife team who advertised sex online.

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She said at least 70,000 of the city’s 500,000 residents are considered to be in a high-risk group for the disease.
Sri
said in the past, the red-light district had been concentrated in one
area. But, she said, new prostitution centers had recently sprouted up
across a broad area, such as a burgeoning red light district in the
northern part of the city, known as Jalak Alley in Gilingan.
Sri
said prostitution was rife across the city, with many places using
legitimate businesses as a front. She said many massage parlors,
billiard halls and brothels operating in private homes had cropped up.
Sri said the decentralized sex trade was far more difficult for
authorities to monitor and was a barrier for the city’s efforts, such
as ensuring condoms are readily available, to fight the spread of
HIV/AIDS.

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… It would give us more control over the roadway so that we can properly maintain the roadway and if we want to make operational or urban design improvements, we would have the ability to do that without seeking approval from Caltrans, which greatly simplifies the process,” Lee Swain, the director of public works, said.
Swain is scheduled to make a presentation to the City Council tonight on the status of his discussions with state officials over Lincoln Boulevard, as well as updates on conversations with Caltrans regarding the Palisades Bluff Stabilization and California Incline Replacement projects.
The portion of Lincoln Boulevard in question spans the I-10 Freeway to the southern city limits, a stretch considered by many to be in need of improvement, filled with plain one-and two-story buildings, motels, automobile dealerships and massage parlors.

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A staff report outlines the conditions of approval, which include, that no one under 18 years of age nor anyone suspected of being under the influence of alcohol will get a tattoo. Additionally, potential customers would be provided with information about body art/tattoos and the proper post-procedure care.
Also, all customers would be required to sign a release so they are completely aware of the effects of the body art procedure and receive adequate disclosure of the anticipated outcomes.
Dixon residents John and Cheryl Noutary, who oppose the proposed tattoo studio, sent a letter to the city asking, “Do you really think that is how we, the citizens of Dixon, would like to present our city to the many passers-by traveling on the freeway?”
They went to write that, “Allowing this permit could also set a precedent for other businesses with questionable practices, like pawn shops, massage parlors, etc., to get a foothold in our city. Surely, you

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A staff report outlines the conditions of approval, which include, that no one under 18 years of age nor anyone suspected of being under the influence of alcohol will get a tattoo. Additionally, potential customers would be provided with information about body art/tattoos and the proper post-procedure care.
Also, all customers would be required to sign a release so they are completely aware of the effects of the body art procedure and receive adequate disclosure of the anticipated outcomes.
Dixon residents John and Cheryl Noutary, who oppose the proposed tattoo studio, sent a letter to the city asking, “Do you really think that is how we, the citizens of Dixon, would like to present our city to the many passers-by traveling on the freeway?”
They went to write that, “Allowing this permit could also set a precedent for other businesses with questionable practices, like pawn shops, massage parlors, etc., to get a foothold in our city. Surely, you

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