West Windsor Police say they are closing the investigation into three massage parlors in the township that were raided in October on charges of prostitution and human trafficking.
Sergeant Brian Gallant said that “there were some items that were moved for forfeiture at these places,” but there was not enough evidence for criminal charges.
“There were certainly some improprieties,” he said. “If we get further evidence, the investigation can be opened back up.”
West Windsor police and federal law enforcement and immigration agents raided three West Windsor massage parlors on charges of prostitution and human trafficking activities in October.
Employees at Bodyworks Massage, at 83 Princeton-Hightstown Road; Oriental Moon Massage, on 702 Alexander Road; and Min’s Health Center, on 222 Washington Road, were taken in for questioning on October 26, after police executed search warrants at all three locations.
Authorities also seized $15,000 in cash, as well as computers, surveillance equipment and financial documents. Computer hard drives will be examined forensically by the West Windsor Police Department Forensic Unit to identify individuals on the surveillance video and to decipher any financial records, police said.
Employees of the massage parlors were brought back to the West Windsor Police Department headquarters, where immigration officials and translators were on hand to interview and process them. The execution of the search warrants came as a result of a four-month investigation into possible prostitution and human trafficking at the massage parlors.
The West Windsor Detective Bureau, the West Windsor Tactical Team, the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office’s Special Investigations Units, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and agents from Immigration & Customs Enforcement teamed up for the investigation.
