Ten people have been charged with conspiracy, pimping, pandering and human trafficking for allegedly running a prostitution ring in three counties, a spokeswoman for the Alameda County District Attorney's Office said today. The charges stem from a year-long, multi-agency investigation that culminated last week with search and arrest warrants being carried out at 10 locations in Alameda, Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties on Thursday to break up the alleged ring.
One such search was conducted in Berkeley, in an apartment building at Essex Way in Berkeley. According to Captain Darryl McAllister of the Hayward Police, not enough evidence was recovered in the Berkeley raid to provide probable cause for arrests here.
Berkeley Police spokesperson Sgt. The law enforcement operation resulted in the recovery of 10 women who were provided with support services. Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said investigators believe that the people who operated the ring brought in dozens of women from Taiwan and China to the U.
The investigation began when a Hayward police patrol officer looked into neighborhood complaints of suspected prostitution at a local residence. Hayward officers eventually uncovered evidence supporting the complaints, and an undercover investigation established that the home was a clandestine brothel and part of a larger ring of similar brothels, O'Malley said. They are all charged in Alameda County Superior Court.
Sun, 43, attempted to slice her wrist with a thin razor blade before her scheduled court appearance at the Hayward Hall of Justice on Thursday, Alameda County Sheriff's spokesman Sgt.
