Law enforcement officials are suing more than a dozen businesses in southwest Missouri suspected of being involved in human trafficking and prostitution under the guise of offering massages.
Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that eight Springfield, Mo., residents and two Willard, Mo., residents are among 15 defendants indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Greene County, Mo.