sometimes erroneously criminalized. they re denied services. oftentimes we can t find them residential placement. they aren t receiving the trauma-informed therapy that they need, and it s really a cycle that needs to be stopped. there is, in many cases, this one for instance, a language barrier that prevents these women from speaking up, and they were, according to authorities, forced to sleep on massage tables, cook their meals out back. they never left. they were essentially prisoners, and investigators say that the men who engaged this service are in part responsible for their misery. do you think it s possible that solicitors didn t know that these people were being sort of held against their will? i think that s absolutely possible. this is a very clandestine crime that, as i write, it s hidden in plain sight. and it s difficult to discern a consenting sex worker from a sex-trafficked victim. but there are certainly red flags. i just think that it s
hi. hi. health department. massage? no. no massage? how come you have the sign still? time and time again, he encounters the pain and suffering of trafficked women firsthand and has little patience for those who prey on the vulnerable. this is a massage establishment operating without a health permit. two months ago, we closed it down and now they ve re-opened. but she says they re not. well, there s all the signs. they have two massage tables. the rooms are set up with oil and kleenex, cleaning towels to dry their hands. if the next time he comes back and he discovers that you still have the tables and your sign, they re going to obviously they re doing massage. also, they re on the internet, too. as having clients go here within the last two weeks. the women freed in the federal raid testified that they
massage parlor owners suspected of using trafficked girls have a tough job sweet-talking inspector ed walsh. hi. hi. health department. massage? no. no massage? how come you have the sign still? time and time again, he encounters the pain and suffering of trafficked women firsthand and has little patience for those who prey on the vulnerable. this is a massage establishment operating without a health permit. two months ago, we closed it down and now they ve re-opened. but she says they re not. well, there s all the signs. they have two massage tables. the rooms are set up with oil and kleenex, cleaning towels to dry their hands. if the next time he comes back and he discovers that you still have the tables and your sign, they re going to obviously they re doing massage. also, they re on the internet, too.
of majong, but a quick check of the premises reveals massage tables that are still warm. is it warm? is the bed warm? it s very warm. leading investigators to think that the men and women were playing an entirely different sort of parlor game just moments earlier. did you get pictures of like all the oils and everything so that yeah, we saw that. so we have evidence that they re doing massage here and that s obvious? what took so long to open the door? they all local. locals no open. we haven t opened. we knocked for about five minutes. how come you don t open? because we re not open. do you have any idea that when we were knocking on the door, they were playing mah jong? we would have heard it. that s loud. so, all of a sudden, there s a game when we showed up, but somebody opens the door, don t you open the door? what if somebody wanted to come in, like one of your friends? they call. oh, they call. they call.
months after it revealed in boot camps can t pass up the pull up test. dozens of soldiers both men and women through new drills. this training happening in fort stewart, georgia. the army called it more essential skills like carrying 65 pound anti tank missiles and walking with a wounded comrade. they hope to extend it to women by 2016. how about a spa day in prison? the government is spending over 30,000 dollars for beauty salon equipment in a women s prison in minnesota. the order includes porcelain shampoo bowls massage tables and nail salons. it will have a reception area a inmates will be able to use the spa but they won t be able to die their hair.