LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Federal authorities say nine people recruited illegal aliens to work within a network of brothels and "prostitution delivery services" that included two Louisville locations.

Those nine people have been indicted on prostitution charges as well as charges of transporting prostitutes across state lines, as well as transporting illegal aliens.

Court records say those charged operated a brothel on Merioneth Drive and a prostitution delivery service on Riata Court, both in Louisville.

The indictments came after an investigation into human trafficking and prostitution networks that spread across Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Those indictments say the suspects recruited Spanish-speaking women who were illegal aliens to become prostitutes. They had 30 customers a day, worked Monday through Saturday, and had to travel between cities on Sundays.

Two suspects, Obdulio C. Morales and Esthela Silfa Vasquez, appeared in federal court last week. the other defendants were indicted in Knoxville and Indianapolis.

The FBI worked with the Louisville Metro Police, Jeffersontown Police, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, and the Shelbyville Police Department in executing the arrest warrants.

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