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Dallas Bookstore Masked as Trafficking Hub | Texas News
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Eight people now face federal charges in one of North Texas’s longest-running sex trafficking rings, allegedly centered at the Paris Adult Book Store in Northwest Dallas. Investigators say the store used locked back rooms to facilitate commercial sex acts involving both adults and minors, with cashiers and even a security guard complicit. The probe, led by Homeland Security Investigations, the IRS, and Dallas Police, ended in a February raid that uncovered 21 firearms and detailed the trafficking of three underage girls. A separate, horrific case — the kidnapping and murder of a sex worker from the store’s parking lot — also ties to this network, with the killer sentenced to life. Authorities vow to shut down the site permanently, warning that while dismantling one operation is a win, traffickers often relocate — making this a battle that demands sustained, systemic action.
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