Agency: Trafficking probe targets Ohio nail salons

COLUMBUS (AP) — The agency that oversees Ohio nail salons says human trafficking is a problem in the industry that has drawn the attention of federal and state investigators.

Kevin Miller, executive director, Ohio Board of Cosmetology, says Asian immigrants are offered help getting to the U.S. and are then forced to work as “indentured servants” in Ohio salons.

Miller on Wednesday told a state commission studying human trafficking that he expects indictments and arrests in coming months.

He said the problem involves salons with fraudulent licenses and raises national security concerns. He did not elaborate during the meeting, but Miller’s report to the panel mentioned a recent case from New York involving a plot to bomb subways using chemicals in nail and hair products.