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FBI Arrests 8 NYC Cops in Massive Prostitution Ring, 30 More Cops in Question

News Broke on Wednesday that the FBI and the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau arrested seven current or former NYC cops for their involvement in a large scale prostitution ring. A source told the New York Post that 30 more police officers are being targeted for questioning or possible arrest.

The officers were arraigned on Thursday and face charges of corruption, promoting prostitution and official misconduct. Seven of the eight arrested were on active duty, while the one retired cop, Detective Ludwin Paz, was a former vice detective.

The arrests followed a three-year investigation after “a member of the department suspected illegal activity by other members of the department and reported to Internal Affairs,” a source told the NY Post.

The investigation centered around the Brooklyn South Narcotics building which was on lock-down yesterday as the arrests were made. Investigators also stormed the 72nd Precinct in Sunset Park, a neighborhood also in Brooklyn.

The initial focus on the investigation was a series of brothels reportedly under police protection on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens and in Sunset Park. Hempstead, Long Island is also possibly another location where officers set up brothels.

The scope of the investigation spread out over the three years and encompassed thousands of hours of surveillance and undercover work and multiple wire-taps.

“Today, those who swore an oath and then betrayed it have felt the consequences of that infidelity,” NYPD Police Commissioner James O’Neill said of the busts.

“The people of this Department are rightly held to the highest standard, and should they fail to meet it, the penalty will be swift and severe.”

At least 40 civilians have also been arrested according to a NY Post source.

Detective Paz is additionally suspected of running illegal gambling rings out of beauty salons in other locations. Investigators believe Paz exploited his experience as a vice detective to set up the gambling and prostitution rings.

The New York Post reported police sources identified those arrested, and their charges, as:

Sgt. Carlos Cruz, 69th Precinct Det. Squad, enterprise corruption; Sgt. Louis Failla, Queens Evidence Collection Team, official misconduct; Sgt. Cliff Nieves, Transit Bureau Investigation, promoting prostitution; PO Steven Nieves, 84th Precinct, promoting prostitution; PO Giancarlo Raspanti, 109th Precinct, official misconduct; Det. Gionanny Rojas-Acosta, Criminal Investigation Division Training, enterprise corruption; Det. Rene Samaniego, Brooklyn South Vice, enterprise corruption.

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Lauren von Bernuth

Lauren is one of the co-founders of Citizen Truth. She graduated with a degree in Political Economy from Tulane University. She spent the following years backpacking around the world and starting a green business in the health and wellness industry. She found her way back to politics and discovered a passion for journalism dedicated to finding the truth.

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54 Comments

  1. Ray Rossman September 13, 2018

    More thug cops?

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  2. Koren Picklesimer September 13, 2018

    New York is corrupt, even the police officers…. not surprised!!

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  3. Charles Gould September 13, 2018

    Good the crooked cops need to be takin. Down

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  4. Charles Gould September 13, 2018

    Just like crooked politicians

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  5. Ken Spalding September 13, 2018

    …the oldest profession…

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    1. Walter Brewer September 13, 2018

      WOW..

  6. Karen Dodge September 13, 2018

    Well , look at Their example ‘s !

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  7. Vernon Howard September 13, 2018

    Whos surprised ? Trump applauds this thug behavior

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  8. Faeemi Jacqueline September 13, 2018

    It’s not just NY, it’s everywhere. I was a volunteer at a program for at risk girls in Oakland years ago and one of them told me that her pimp was an Oakland police officer. He took her to Vegas and kept her for 3 years before he let her even call her mother.

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  9. Beth Selzam September 13, 2018

    in trump tower?

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  10. Cheryl Yeager September 13, 2018

    Yet, these are the people everyone screams that they need to be respected

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  11. Darlene Gould September 13, 2018

    Why are they not showing their Faces
    Or Names.

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    1. Walter Brewer September 13, 2018

      GOOD QUESTION YOUNG LADY…

  12. Paula Mattern September 13, 2018

    ???

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  13. Gil Sanchez September 13, 2018

    Dirty pig’s

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  14. Katy Tessler Braun September 13, 2018

    OY VEY.

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  15. Beatriz Salinas September 13, 2018

    Well well well if the CLOWN can do it why not them! Now those are the rotten apples get rid of them now! Straight to fucking jail!

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  16. Lola Johnson September 13, 2018

    Thugs

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  17. Carolyn Berliner September 13, 2018

    Prostitution should be legalized and taken off the streets? Women should see Doctors on a regular basis and shown respect if they choose that profession.

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  18. Cheryl Claytor September 13, 2018

    Good

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  19. Keliana Malu'ihi Kamaleiokalani September 13, 2018

    Yes fuck dirty pigs!!! ??

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  20. Debbie Thompson September 13, 2018

    Fake

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    1. Louise Dodson September 14, 2018

      Prove it!

  21. Paulette Reeves-Scott September 13, 2018

    Get All the Rotten ones out! Lock them up!

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  22. Tracy Laden September 13, 2018

    Who profits off of vice are the one’s running the rackets.

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  23. Larry Robinson September 13, 2018

    What the hell! And they ask for respect…bad apples in the barrel.

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    1. Louise Dodson September 14, 2018

      Take a knee!

  24. Melva Keithley September 13, 2018

    Even the Cops are being arrested for massive prostitution ring. Lord have mercy.

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  25. Pedro Juan Lopez September 13, 2018

    NONE WILL BE SPARED. TRUST THE PLAN. WWG1WGA!

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  26. Carol Rhoades Melby September 13, 2018

    DRAIN THE DANG SWAMPS

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  27. Louise Dodson September 14, 2018

    Really! Well who would of guessed

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  28. Shirley Hawkins September 14, 2018

    Not surprised that right now with pence Ryan and McConnell and your truly trump love this shit. New York had the biggest problem in American history of policemen. They arrest you but not themselves. Show and names should be showing. They are dirty cops bullying too killing the people. And trump and friends with Russia walk in on Americans land by dictators. Lock him up for treason, and show and names should be showing

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  29. Henry Peterson September 14, 2018

    Very good work

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  30. Annie Henderson September 14, 2018

    Yes She Can – 2018

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  31. Keliana Malu'ihi Kamaleiokalani September 20, 2018

    Pigs ?

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  32. Nick Ruth Martinez September 20, 2018

    AND HERE I WAS TO BELIEVE THAT ALL WERE DOING THE DUTY THEY WERE SWORN TI DO.

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  33. Rebecca Stanley Melton September 20, 2018

    Not many of our officials are honest if the police are corrupt!

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  34. Von De Santo September 20, 2018

    That’s what happens when the cops took over Craigslist

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  35. Ken Spalding September 20, 2018

    …the ‘Mob’ in blue!

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  36. Robert Reeser September 20, 2018

    Great job

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  37. Jim Flatley September 20, 2018

    They’ll probably get paid time off for this. Remember the “blue wall of silence”

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  38. Kerry Denise September 20, 2018

    Pretty pathetic !!!

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  39. Linda Dwaileebe September 20, 2018

    No institution is sacred.

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  40. Doug Bryant September 20, 2018

    Trumpanzee on film

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  41. April Severin September 20, 2018

    This has to stop somewhere if you see a crime get involved don’t just stand back

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  42. Jacinto Mirazo September 20, 2018

    Lock them up

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  43. Ray Rossman September 20, 2018

    America’s finest?

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  44. Michael Baugher September 20, 2018

    Typical

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  45. Larry L. Cunningham September 20, 2018

    The blue gangs!

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  46. Shirley Hawkins September 20, 2018

    The are mob boss whip it up.

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  47. Cindi Sabol September 20, 2018

    So glad someone found some sauce on this

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  48. TremeRay Smith September 20, 2018

    Only 8! There’s more!

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  49. Neil McNevin September 20, 2018

    Embarrassing

    Reply
  50. Walter Brewer September 21, 2018

    NYC

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