By Bay City News.
San Mateo police have arrested the owner of a San Mateo massage parlor on suspicion of prostitution and running a brothel, police said in a news release Tuesday.
Following previous incidents in which undercover officers sought massages and were offered sex in exchange for money, police served a search warrant Friday at the business, located in the 100 block of De Anza Boulevard.
Police determined that the owner, Liping Yao, 43, of San Jose, negotiated sexual acts for money and arrested her on suspicion of prostitution and brothel keeping.
Police said they also provided human trafficking resources to Yao and an employee at the location.
Authorities reminded that if they are or know someone who is a victim of trafficking, they can access sites with tools that can help them, such as the National Hotline against Human Trafficking: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/en ; and to the San Mateo County Human Trafficking Program: https://stophumantraffickingsmc.org/what-is-human-trafficking-2/.
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