Posted on 01/14/2016 12:43:15 PM PST by huldah1776
"As strip malls go, the one you seek is nondescript, all brick exterior and maroon awnings, but there's safety in this disguise, a sense of legitimacy that comes with this out-in-the-open location.
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According to a 2014 study by the liberal-leaning think tank Urban Institute on the underground commercial sex industry in eight U.S. cities, the total industry--inclusive of Asian massage parlors, brothels, street-level prostitution and other sources--fetched between $39.9 and $290 million in 2007, depending on the city.
This demand led to the opening of nearly 600 new illicit massage parlors in the U.S. from 2011 to 2013, pushing the total number to almost 4,800, according to the Urban Institute. A lot of that growth occurred in the South and Midwest, two markets that were previously largely untapped. But it's hard to know exactly how many are operating in Ohio, and that's by design.
"[The massage parlors] present themselves as legitimate businesses, so it's not like you often see something that alarms you or that would make an adjacent business call in," says one Columbus vice detective, who asked we not use his name because he works undercover. "People going to these places know why they're going there, but they're not going to call the police."
(Excerpt) Read more at columbusmonthly.com ...
http://mashable.com/2016/01/12/how-to-spot-human-trafficking/#Bu5l1aVvuGqm
Stay vigilant, our home towns, counties and nation have been under attack for a very long time.
There will always be trafficking because even without legalization the demand will always outstrip the supply.
If you think a massage parlor in your town is not legit, there are websites where you can look at the “user reviews”. Basically, these are sites where the “johns” review what sexual services they were able to procure at the location, the prices charged, etc.
I’m not going to post the websites, but with a few minutes of googling, anyone can find them.
Had a tenant in a residential building who we suspected of being a prostitute, and that was how we were able to confirm it. We found her online ads, that were suggestive, but not overt enough to prove anything, but the “user reviews” of her “massages” were explicit enough to leave no doubt.
Our office is in the outer sunset of San Francisco, we have 8 Asian “massage parlors” with three blocks - and they sure are popular, wouldn’t think you could keep that many businesses of the same type of operation busy but they do.
This story does not have a happy ending.
LOL
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