7/20/2023 0 Comments Aa massage maps![]() Shao spent time in jail and faced prosecution when her public defender, who was familiar with the sex trafficking industry, first notified the Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition of Shao’s situation. In July 2013, Shao was arrested by undercover officers for the San Diego Police Department on charges she “agreed to engage in an act of prostitution”, according to court records. Yalin Shao said she used to work for a massage parlor in San Diego and provided outcall services to hotels across Southern California. ![]() “I was very depressed all the time, I was ready to die,” Yalin Shao told advocates. Polaris says the men involved call it a “hobby” but in reality, it provides buyers, “a sense of community and invincibility that feeds this harmful behavior.”Ī disclosure before entering the RubMaps website. RubMaps, according to Polaris’ report, is the number one massage parlor locator in the country, attracting more than 325,000 unique visitors a month. “Very little attention is placed on the criminal network that might own that location and many other locations,” Myles told NBC 7 Investigates. In a recently released report, Polaris found an estimated 9,000 “Illicit massage businesses that front for commercial sex operations” are in operation across the country today and foster a “widespread acceptance of selling of women for sex”. Polaris is a national organization formed with a goal of disrupting human sex trafficking. “They are stuck in this web of control,” said Brad Myles, the CEO of the Polaris project. Sex trafficking victim Yalin Shao speaking to the Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition.Īdvocates for victims of sex trafficking say from the moment victims respond to advertisements like the one Shao read, the organizations behind recruiting these victims will often use fraud, force, and coercion to keep them working in the massage parlors. To see the map, look below or click here. Using ArcGis mapping software, NBC 7 Investigates found 16 of the 173 parlors that are allegedly offering sex services for sale are within 1,000 feet of a public school. NBC 7 Investigates is providing the general location of the parlors, according to the RubMaps website, but is not releasing specific details on each parlor. RubMaps did not respond to NBC 7 Investigates’ requests for comment.Īn online company statement maintains that the website is, “wholly committed to raising awareness of the human trafficking issue.In the event we become aware of any incident of trafficking, we take swift internal action and cooperate enthusiastically with state and federal law enforcement officials." Each “review board” includes information on which women provide what sex acts, how much customers tipped the workers and a “candid” explanation of the customer’s experience. Searching the website, NBC 7 Investigates found 243 parlors listed in San Diego County and, according to the reviews on the website, 173 of those parlors offer sex services for a price. And NBC 7 Investigates found a public website describing in graphic terms what is supposedly happening inside these locations.įor $19.99 a month, the website “RubMaps” publishes reviews for massage parlors offering sex services for sale. ![]() Many San Diego Massage parlors are offering services far beyond just a massage. They're near coffee shops, laundromats, even schools.
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