It’s everywhere. It’s extremely profitable. And it’s exploiting the vulnerable. As of 2022, there are over 11,000 illicit massage businesses (IMBs) in all 50 states. Whether in big cities or small towns, this criminal industry is thriving in plain sight.
Tax evasion. Money laundering. Racketeering. Labor law violations. If we want to defeat traffickers, then we need to charge outside the (human trafficking) box.
Popular sex buyer review websites reveal sex buyers’ racist stereotyping and flagrant dehumanization of Asian women in illicit massage businesses.
