LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) -- Huazi Piao, 61, a Chinese national, was sentenced Tuesday to 40 months to 20 years in prison for conducting commercial sex operations out of massage parlors in Wayne County, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Piao was arrested and charged last year after a multi-agency investigation into allegations that an international human trafficking ring was operating in Wayne County.

She was initially charged with the following: • One count of Conducting a Criminal Enterprise, a 20-year felony; • One count of Conspiracy to Commit a Criminal Enterprise, a 20-year felony; • One count of Accepting Earnings from Prostitution, a 20-year felony; • One count of Money Laundering, a 10-year felony; and • Two counts of Keeping a House of Prostitution, 5-ye

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