Former massage parlor owner’s crimes compared to ‘modern-day slavery’

He offered them jobs in his massage parlor, a place to live, assistance with immigration and lured each of them to enter into a romantic relationship with him. After getting that trust, he forced them to get tattooed with his name, which he said made them his property.


Government supplied copyshot of Alex “Daddy” Campbell, who was convicted of exploiting illegal immigrant women by having them work in his massage parlors Monday, January 30, 2011

A northwest suburban massage parlor owner who forced four foreign women into prostitution — and tattooed them with his moniker — faces at least 15 years in prison after he was convicted by a federal jury on Monday.

Alex “Daddy” Campbell was found guilty of three counts each of forced labor, harboring illegal immigrants for financial gain, and confiscating passports and other immigration documents to force the victims to work. He was also convicted of sex-trafficking by force and extortion.

Campbell’s first trial in November was declared a mistrial when a masseuse testifying on the witness stand recognized Campbell’s defense attorney — as a client.

This time, jurors deliberated for two to three hours after a three-week trial.

Campbell, who operated the Day and Night Spa on Northwest Highway in Mount Prospect, used violence and threats of violence to force three women from the Ukraine and one from Belarus to work for him without pay, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.

He recruited and groomed illegal immigrants to become part of his “family,” which he claimed would provide them with “support.”

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