NIGHTLY NEWS. INVESTIGATORS IN ALAMANCE COUNTY SAY THEY’VE BUSTED A PROSTITUTION RING. SHERIFF SAYS IT WAS RUNNING OUT OF SOMEONE’S HOME. LET’S GO TO MARIA DEBONE. SHE JOINS US LIVE THIS EVENING WITH NEW DETAILS ON THE ARRESTS AND HOW A NEWLY FORMED TASK FORCE PLAYED A KEY ROLE HERE. MARIA. WELL, INVESTIGATORS SAY THE PROSTITUTION OPERATION THAT WAS UNCOVERED IN BURLINGTON IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY THIS TASK FORCE WAS CREATED, CALLED THE INVICTUS PROJECT. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE A PERVERT TO A CHILD OR HUMAN EXPLOITATION, WE’RE COMING AFTER YOU. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. WE’RE COMING AFTER YOU. THE TASK FORCE CONSISTS OF THE SBI, HOMELAND SECURITY AND SHERIFFS AND THEIR DEPUTIES FROM ALAMANCE DAVIDSON, RANDOLPH AND FORSYTH COUNTIES. TOGETHER, THEY UNCOVERED A SOLICITATION OPERATION HAPPENING OUT OF AN UNLICENSED SPA CALLED GENTLE SPRING SPA AT A HOME LOCATED AT 1017 SOUTH CHURCH STREET IN BURLINGTON. WOMEN LIVED THERE, BUT WAS NEVER SEEN, HARDLY COMING OUTSIDE. HOWEVER. THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MAIL TRAFFIC GOING INTO THE RESIDENCE, STAYING A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN LEAVING. THE INVESTIGATORS ROWAN STARTED IN OCTOBER, BUT YOU, HAN LEE AND HUAN WANG WERE FOUND TO BE EXPLOITING PEOPLE SINCE 2021. THEY WERE ARRESTED TUESDAY, LEE ACTED AS THE BUSINESS OWNER AND WAS CHARGED WITH PROMOTING PROSTITUTION. WANG WAS CHARGED WITH PROSTITUTION AND SOLICITATION. THE SHERIFF’S SAY THEY INTEND TO UNCOVER MORE OPERATIONS JUST LIKE THIS ONE. ALL THROUGHOUT THEIR COUNTIES. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF RESULTS COME. WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF RESULTS NOW AND WE JUST STARTED AND IT’S JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. AND THE AND THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAID THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THAT HOME IN BURLINGTON DUE TO PEOPLE SPEAKING UP. SO THEY ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO THE SAME. IF THEY EVER HAVE A BAD FEELING OR HAVE A FEELING OF SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY GOING ON IN ALAMANCE COUN