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  • How a regional trafficking sting reached several massage parlors in Simpsonville.

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• 8 charged in connection with massage parlor human trafficking sting in South Carolina (myfox8.com) — Simpsonville residents are directly affected by a major human trafficking investigation that led to raids at several local massage businesses and multiple arrests of Simpsonville residents. Mauldin Police and the Simpsonville Police Department worked with other agencies to uncover alleged exploitation of workers at parlors in both Mauldin and Simpsonville, and the case remains under active investigation.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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