I have a church friend who works for the NH dept of Labor. He told me a story about going to a massage parlor in Concord, NH. Concord is NH state capital. A small city of about 40m people.
He said they parlor was full of young Chinese girls. It was run by an older Chinese woman. They interviewed each girl seperately with an interpetor to see if they needed help/rescue. None asked for help.
They knew that the girls were living on the premises which is a code violation. They finally found a trap door in the floor of one of the back rooms. It led to a basement where there were ten matresses on the floor and a bucket in the corner(for a bathroom).
All they could do was fine the operation for each girl illegally living in the building. The “lady” went into the back room and paid the multi thousand dollar fine in cash. She asked for a receipt. That was it. Have a nice day.
A small city of about 40m people?...................