Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times,
A Chinese national living in New York has been indicted for allegedly running a sex-trafficking ring out of several residential brothels located in Boston's Allston and Brighton neighborhoods.
The Department of Justice building in Washington on July 21, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesLiu Zengzeng, 40, of the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, was arrested in New York on July 1, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on July 2.
Liu, who also goes by the name of "Bella," was indicted on June 24 on one count of knowingly persuading an individual to travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution and three counts of use of facilities of interstate or foreign commerce in aid of racketeering enterprises.
Prosecutors said Liu's alleged activities spanned 11 months, beginning in August 2025, during which she allegedly recruited women via foreign national middlemen. The women came from several countries, including China, Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
The women would engage in commercial sex acts at apartments that Liu obtained through fraud via either altered or forged documents, according to prosecutors. The indictment identifies several addresses, including 365 Western Ave. in Brighton, 83 Gardner St. in Allston, and 50 Hichborn St. in Brighton.
In October 2025, an FBI task force carried out an operation targeting a website known for commercial sex listings, according to an affidav
