David Heath, Lee Enterprises Public Service Journalism
Chances are you’re just a short distance from a massage parlor where migrant women eat, sleep and toil as victims of sex trafficking. And chances are your state and local authorities are doing little to protect these women.
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Here’s how the Lee Enterprises Public Service Team did a first-of-its-kind analysis of states’ efforts to protect women who are subject to sex…
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Local and federal police officers stand outside in November 2023 after raiding a home in Crown Point, Indiana, that prosecutors say belonged to people who were running an illegal sex trafficking business out of massage parlor locations in Northwest Indiana.
Marc Chase, NIW Times
Police and town officials in Winfield, Indiana, closed down this massage parlor in November 2023 that prosecutors say was being used as a storefront for sex trafficking.
MARC CHASE, TIMES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA
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"My name is Yunxi Wang. This is my story."
A powerful firsthand account of one survivor's trafficking experience in the illicit massage industry.
The Network is an intelligence-driven, counter-human trafficking organization. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Arlington, Virginia, and work with partners across the United States.
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The Network
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Police and town officials in Winfield, Indiana, closed down this massage parlor in November 2023 that prosecutors say was being used as a storefront for sex trafficking.
MARC CHASE, TIMES OF NORTHWEST INDIANA
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