Michael Richard Navoy
SOUTHGATE, Mich. (FOX 2) - An Allen Park man is facing felony charges after authorities say he was trafficking women out of a home he owned in Southgate.
Michael Richard Navoy, 70, is expected to be arraigned Monday on charges of accepting earnings from a prostitute, human trafficking - forced labor resulting in commercial sexual activity, human trafficking - forced labor, using a computer to commit a crime, and keeping a house of prostitution.
Navoy was arrested Friday.
"It is alleged that defendant Navoy engaged in human trafficking and operating a house of prostitution in Southgate, Michigan," said Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. "As a result of the combined efforts of multiple law enforcement agencies working together, this defendant will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
Navoy's arrest came amid a flurry of sex trafficking arrests in Metro Detroit on the same day.
Authorities targeted massage parlors where Chinese and Korean women were allegedly forced to work.
The investigation began with two different cases, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said. The first was St. Clair Shores investigating an alleged illicit massage parlor. The second investigation started with Michigan State Police assisting the Maumee Police Department in Ohio which led to the discovery of the parlors in Michigan.
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