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Sex-slave bars reportedly overwhelmingly profitable
Photo credit: Newsday/Photo by James Carbone | Police arrest a man at the LaHija Del Mariachi Bar & Grill which was raided at 359 Horseblock Road in Farmingville just after 12 a.m. as part of a sweeping attempt to break up sex slave rings across Suffolk, according to court documents.
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Two Long Island bars that federal officials say served as the headquarters of a sexual-slavery ring were so profitable "that each night . . . needed bags and boxes to carry out the cash," according to a federal informant.
Part of why the bars were supposedly so profitable may have been that at least one was considered "a clip joint" according to State Liquor Authority records.
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