Police make arrest after human trafficking allegations at southern Indiana massage parlors - WDRB

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A 62-year-old woman is in custody after law enforcement agencies from several Indiana counties shut down two massage businesses following an investigation into prostitution and human trafficking.

The Jeffersonville Police Department began investigating Eva Massage at 1002 E. 10th St. after receiving tips from the community, according to a news release Wednesday. After gathering evidence, investigators found "suspicious activity consistent with illicit operations" leading to the business being raided.

Around 10 a.m. Monday, officers from the Jeffersonville Police Department, Battle Ground Police Department, New Albany Police Department and Floyd County Sheriff's Office served multiple search warrants at Eva Massage and another business in New Albany, which was not identified in the news release.

"We did some undercover work to verify that there were some illicit activities being offered inside of that business," Jeffersonville PD Capt. Samuel Moss said.

Police said four victims rescued from the businesses were given medical attention and access to support services after investigators determined they were forced into sex trafficking.

"They ship people in and they are people, unfortunately are vulnerable because they come here looking for work, a lot of times they don't speak any English at all so they're in a desperate situation and these traffickers realize that," Moss said.

After the businesses were searched, police arrested 62-year-old Xing Song and charged her with promoting human sexual trafficking, promoting prostitution and corrupt business influence.

"They make it sound like they're giving them a place to live or giving them but in reality they're controlling all their movements," Moss said. "They're not giving them a living wage, they work from sun up to sun down, it's just like they don't have any other options."

Jeffersonville Police expressed gratitude to the Southern Indiana Human Trafficking Coalition for providing resources to the victims, as well as to our law enforcement partners for their assistance in this operation.

"They were given resources to find other places to go to, phones so they could have contact with family or the outside world and get away from that so they don't fall back and get in the same trap that they were in before," Moss said.

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