Korean Sex Slaves in US

(Spokane, Washington) According to this story, hundreds of South Korean women are forced by organized crime rings to work as sex slaves in the US to pay off smuggling debts. The women are being smuggled across the border from Canada to Washington state and some are arrested by Homeland Security agents. Others have been picked up in prostitution stings up and down the West Coast. Authorities are looking for the ringleaders.

It's generally recognized that the US-Canadian border is not secure, but this is the first I've heard about large numbers of people being smuggled. It's probably not unreasonable to assume that the problem is 100 times greater than reported.