3 massage parlors searched as part of sex investigation - Columbus Dispatch

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Enlarge Image Request to buy this photoTheodore Decker | Dispatch photo One of the massage parlors busted for potential human trafficking was at 128 E Olentangy St., Powell.
Four places were searched this morning and two people have been arrested as part of a months-long investigation into massage parlors in Columbus, Worthington and Powell.
A release from state Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office said the investigation began in October after authorities received tips that sex was being purchased at massage parlors and that employees were living at the businesses.
The Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force, which includes representatives of the Columbus Police Division and other agencies, investigated the reports.
Search warrants were served this morning at two Amsun Massage parlors, 128 E. Olentangy St., Powell, and 1000 High St., Worthington; Rainbow Massage, 5564 Hilliard Rome Rd. on the Far West Side; and a Jasmine Court residence on the Far West Side.
Arrested were two Columbus residents: Xiao Shuang Chao, 56, and Qing Xu, whose age was not available.