Omaha area motels, salons, human trafficking tied to multi-year probe and five arrests

The FBI Omaha office led a multi-year, multi-agency operation that on Tuesday spurred search warrants on 14 businesses and two residences and the arrests of five people in the Omaha-area motel industry. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)

OMAHA — A multi-year investigation centered on multiple motels, “brow and lash” salons and alleged human trafficking in and around Nebraska’s largest city has led to charges against five people in the hotel business.

The five are accused of crimes ranging from alleged sex and labor trafficking, fraudulent use of visas, money laundering and concealing undocumented immigrants, law enforcement officials announced Tuesday…

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