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Officials: Two Suffolk bars hosted sex-slave ring

Seven alleged sex trafficking victims are escorted into

Photo credit: James Carbone | Seven alleged sex trafficking victims are escorted into a police bus outside the LaHija Del Mariachi Bar & Grill at 359 Horseblock Road in Farmingville, which was raided just after 12 a.m. (August 10, 2009)

Two dozen hostesses at two Suffolk bars raided Monday as part of a federal crackdown on a reputed large sexual-slavery ring were being questioned late Monday by federal agents to determine the extent of the operation, law enforcement officials said.

The agents were also trying to determine which of the women, most of whom were undocumented immigrants from Central America, would be eligible...

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