Hundreds of illicit massage parlors in our area are involved in human trafficking, according to a new report. Polaris, a non-profit group based in Washington, DC that tracks modern day slavery, released a page report on human trafficking in illicit massage businesses. Of the 9, businesses, are operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, according to the report. Keyhan says Philadelphia is one of the big cities where traffickers operate with impunity at the expense of human suffering.
During the undercover operation that NBC10 witnessed, officers arrested two women working at a massage parlor on Ludlow Street and charged them with prostitution.
One of the women allegedly solicited an officer for a sex act. Only a few hours later, police arrested another woman for prostitution at a massage business on the block of Arch Street after she allegedly propositioned an officer only two minutes into his visit. While NBC10 spotted several men at the illicit massage parlors, members of Polaris say the women, who are likely victims of sex-trafficking, are often the only ones arrested during undercover operations.
Polaris also says the businesses typically get shutdown for code violations before reopening under a different name and with different women. Polaris said they found a review on a buyer subscription website called Rubmaps that showed evidence that the same business on Ludlow was back in operation only a few weeks after the arrests and once again providing sex-related services.
If you want to report human trafficking in your area, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at Skip to content. New Jersey. Potomac Crash 15 hours ago.
