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| Investigation begins in Guam police sex-trafficking scandal | Investigation begins in Guam police sex-trafficking scandal |
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| A big scandal has hit a small slice of paradise, as police in Guam are investigated as part of a sex-trafficking scandal. | A big scandal has hit a small slice of paradise, as police in Guam are investigated as part of a sex-trafficking scandal. |
| All officers on the tiny Pacific island, a US territory that is home to a major American naval base, will be interviewed as authorities attempt to uncover which of them frequented a brothel in which forced prostitution took place. | All officers on the tiny Pacific island, a US territory that is home to a major American naval base, will be interviewed as authorities attempt to uncover which of them frequented a brothel in which forced prostitution took place. |
| The Pacific Daily News, a local newspaper on the island, reported that police chief Fred Bordallo had ordered an internal investigation of his entire department. Any officers who refused to participate, the newspaper said, would be subject to charges of obstructing justice. | The Pacific Daily News, a local newspaper on the island, reported that police chief Fred Bordallo had ordered an internal investigation of his entire department. Any officers who refused to participate, the newspaper said, would be subject to charges of obstructing justice. |
| The scandal involves a brothel that was run out of a bar on Guam, The Blue House Lounge, in which young Micronesian women were kept against their will after being trafficked onto the island. They had been lured to Guam with the promise of work but then had their passports taken and been forced into becoming prostitutes. | The scandal involves a brothel that was run out of a bar on Guam, The Blue House Lounge, in which young Micronesian women were kept against their will after being trafficked onto the island. They had been lured to Guam with the promise of work but then had their passports taken and been forced into becoming prostitutes. |
| The owner of the bar, Song Ja Cha, 70, was found guilty last month and given a life sentence for sex trafficking. During her trial, allegations emerged that several unknown police officers had frequented the brothel at least three times a week. | The owner of the bar, Song Ja Cha, 70, was found guilty last month and given a life sentence for sex trafficking. During her trial, allegations emerged that several unknown police officers had frequented the brothel at least three times a week. |
| The investigation will be led by Lieutenant Lawrence Quichocho, a graduate of the FBI's famous training school at Quantico, Virginia. | The investigation will be led by Lieutenant Lawrence Quichocho, a graduate of the FBI's famous training school at Quantico, Virginia. |
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