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Over 3,300 California massage parlors are fronts for sex trafficking, report says
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | February 3, 2018 | Eric Ting

Posted on 02/03/2018 12:59:31 PM PST by artichokegrower

A recent report by the Polaris Project, an anti-human trafficking organization, found that there are over 3,300 massage parlors in California that are posing fronts for sex trafficking.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: calif; california; happyending; massageparlors; polarisproject; sanfrancisco; sextrafficking
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To: N. Theknow

Things are really coming to a head in California, I see.


21 posted on 02/03/2018 1:35:34 PM PST by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: artichokegrower
First

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Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

Second

Seriously? You believe that this is a California exclusive problem? Or is it just a broken record playing?

22 posted on 02/03/2018 2:05:28 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: artichokegrower

Gosh. I just never would have imagined that something other than a massage of naked people would be going on in one of those businesses.

They forgot to add to the report that they are here illegally?


23 posted on 02/03/2018 2:11:15 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: artichokegrower
Robot Chicken - Happy Ending
24 posted on 02/03/2018 2:18:25 PM PST by Trillian
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To: Timothy

from the article:

“These coercive methods include telling victims that they will be arrested for prostitution or deported by immigration officials if they try to leave the business”

meaning that they are here illegally. In California illegals that are victims of crime or witnesses to crimes are given the right to remain in the country.


25 posted on 02/03/2018 2:19:40 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

There was one massage parlor that wasn’t?


26 posted on 02/03/2018 2:31:29 PM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: artichokegrower

27 posted on 02/03/2018 2:45:50 PM PST by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: artichokegrower

Mrs. Hugin wanted a real massage and went into one in a local suburban shopping center. The Asian girl up front told her “Oh no, this isn’t that kind of massage parlor”.


28 posted on 02/03/2018 2:47:12 PM PST by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud..)
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To: artichokegrower

I’m sure the only beef is that the State isn’t getting their FAIR share back in taxes.


29 posted on 02/03/2018 2:55:22 PM PST by DAC21
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To: Larry Lucido

Lol. They are all middle-aged and up. Not a place worth spending money. Not that I would anyway because it’s a sin. And I’m married. Or something. Sometimes I forget :-)


30 posted on 02/03/2018 2:57:57 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know that if it was A2 credit cost back in Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Timothy

“A reminder to all who are discussing this issue - don’t assume that the employees of these institutions are all illegals. I’ll bet many if not most of them are truly legal immigrants”

Having lived all of my 59 years here, based on the outside signage of these places, for the most part only Asian ladies need apply.


31 posted on 02/03/2018 2:58:19 PM PST by DAC21
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To: Hugin

In my 48 years, I have never received a massage.
However last year, one of the guys at my job suggested this Asian massage shop in the Denver area for a foot massage.
(I walk about 10-15 miles in a 12-hour shift, and my paws get quite sore)
My Wife and I went in, and our feet were rubbed for about 20 minutes. It was awesome.
The place is kinda far, though. I’d like to find a closer massage shop where my Wife and I WON’T get arrested for being on the property when there’s a raid for this kind of thing.


32 posted on 02/03/2018 2:58:32 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: artichokegrower

Not sure what your point is. That these girls are really lucky because they’ve been forced into sex for years that they might become citizens because of it? Not a happy ending for anyone. No pun intended


33 posted on 02/03/2018 2:59:54 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know that if it was A2 credit cost back in Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: redpoll

Like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPV7kYbpoNo


34 posted on 02/03/2018 3:02:52 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: artichokegrower

The most amazing part of the story is that some massage parlors aren’t fronts for the sex trade.


35 posted on 02/03/2018 3:05:42 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: artichokegrower

Here’s something the state can legalize and slap avhuge tax on.


36 posted on 02/03/2018 3:18:30 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: artichokegrower

Water is wet.


37 posted on 02/03/2018 3:24:25 PM PST by skimbell
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To: redpoll

38 posted on 02/03/2018 3:36:01 PM PST by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: artichokegrower

I’d say this is an accurate description of the parlor workers. They are all over the place in Atlanta too and we have these local vigilantes on a mission to fight “human trafficking” by busting locals who are otherwise law abiding citizens while not acknowledging the real source of the problem -illegal immigration. If they really wanted to stop this problem why don’t they do it at the border?


39 posted on 02/03/2018 3:52:55 PM PST by gawatchman
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To: artichokegrower

How long did it take for them to figure that out?

Did one of the investigators manage to stumble in a Massage Parlor and was asked if he wanted “A happy ending”?


40 posted on 02/03/2018 3:53:57 PM PST by TheShaz
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