Allegations that prompted the raid included both labor- and sex-related trafficking, sources told the NBC10 Investigators, but sex-related charges have not been filed at this time.
The complaint noted that investigators with the Department of Homeland Security were looking into seven people.
According to prosecutors, Jesse and Chelbe Willams Moraes coordinated to bring Brazilians who wanted to be smuggled to the U.S. into the country for a hefty fee, between $18,000 and $22,000. When they couldn't afford to pay all of it, they would offer to let them work off their human smuggling debt by working for about $3 an hour from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Officers with the Department of Homeland Security collected boxes of evidence, including what appeared to be laptops and computer towers from the restaurants.A representative for the Department of Homeland Security didn't confirm the human trafficking aspect of the investigation that sources indicated. They said the investigation is ongoing and did not provide additional details.
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