Washington DC Massage Parlors: Two More Loudoun Massage Parlors Closed but Problem of Human Trafficking Looms …
Written on May 15, 2010 – 5:48 am | by rubmedownthere
Two More Loudoun Massage Parlors Closed but Problem of Human Trafficking Looms Over Region
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The Polaris Project, a Washington-based non-profit organization combating the different forms of human trafficking and modern-slavery, identified 77 massage parlors by cross referencing their business information against references and advertising on Craigslist and the USA Sex Guide.
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2) Asian Commercial-Front Brothels – Sexual services performed at a business operating under the guise of a “massage parlor” or other business storefront. Polaris describes this type of establishment as forcing women into sexual trafficking through “debt bondage, isolation and other manipulation to keep women indoors at all times, unable to escape…”
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The Loudoun Sheriff’s Office has not confirmed whether the three massage parlors recently investigated are suspected of human trafficking in addition to sex trafficking. This facet is part of the ongoing investigation, according to Sheriff’s Office spokesman Kraig Troxell.