Hundreds of illicit massage parlors in our area may be involved in human trafficking, according to a new report.
NBC10 cameras were there in November when undercover officers with the Philly Police Vice Unit cracked down on illicit massage businesses in the city’s Rittenhouse and Chinatown neighborhoods.
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 900 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.
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