Illegal Trade in Human Hair Booms
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 6th, 2011 4:38 am by HL
Illegal Trade in Human Hair Booms
A spate of hair extension thefts across the US has put the spotlight on the lucrative market for human hair, the BBC reports. Salons across the country are on alert after a series of raids in which hair worth tens of thousands of dollars has been stolen. In Houston, one hair salon raid earned the perpetrators $120,000 of Indian “virgin hair” (unprocessed and untreated). Owner Lisa Amosu said the burglar didn’t even bother to raid the cash till.