Woburn father and son arrested for human smuggling; agents raid restaurants they operate
Ross Cristantiello - 27m ago
Federal agents loaded evidence seized from The Dog House Bar & Grill in Woburn into a waiting van. Federal and local law enforcement officials raided multiple homes and businesses in Woburn on Tuesday morning.© Jonathan Wiggs / Boston Globe
Jesse James Moraes, 64, and Hugo Giovanni Moraes, 42, allegedly smuggled people into the country from Brazil for tens of thousands of dollars. They then employed those people in their restaurants and withheld wages in order to pay off the smuggling debts, prosecutors said.
Chelbe Willams Moraes, the brother of Jesse Moraes and uncle of Hugo Moraes, was also charged. He lives in Brazil.
Chelbe Moraes worked to allegedly smuggle people from Brazil into America for fees ranging from $18,000 to $22,000. Once they reached Massachusetts, Jesse and Hugo Moraes employed them in their two Woburn restaurants, Taste of Brazil—Tudo Na Brasa and The Dog House
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