investigation targeting massage parlors uncovered an illegal sex trafficking ring in the bay area. out of 11 brothels, approximately 100 women were recovered. health department. massage? no. how come you have the signs still? since 2004, walsh has shed over 100 pounds. and san francisco has shed 24 illegal massage parlors operating as modern-day brothels. where women suspected of being trafficked live in spaces unfit for animals just blocks from the glittering tourist attractions. in my opinion we have made a big impact on the human trafficking and prostitution in these parlors of san francisco. just how do the parlors operate? walsh says the minute a client is buzzed in, 60 to 100 goes to the house. hi. have you been here before? no, i haven t.
yeah, the laundry machine. we go to the laundry machines. we never knew the back side had beds. who goes in there? just the boss goes in there. oh. does the boss live here or i don t think so. i don t know. you don t sleep back there? no, i don t sleep there. but there are beds with people s stuff there. maybe for a rest or to take a nap. health inspector walsh says hidden rooms with beds have been discovered in numerous parlors along with other telltale signs that indicate trafficked women. there s a lot of food in the refrigerator, you know, like there to feed like 10, 15 people over say like a month period of time. there are a lot of signs, a lot lingerie, thongs, g-strings. after 20 years on the job, massage parlor owners suspected of using trafficked girls have a tough job sweet-talking inspector ed walsh. hi. hi. health department.
go, let s go. when the decoy gets buzzed in, he holds the door and is investigators move in. where are we at? 130 bush. ceo health club. dr. ojo and inspector walsh say ceo health club, with its gold-mirrored elevator and high-priced real estate, is one of the city s most profitable parlors. it s for ceos. hi. can you come on out, please? thank you. inside the club it s pandemonium as girls hustle out of rooms and shocked clients hide in their rooms. you have a masseuse here? inspectors bang on the doors notifying the johns that they have been caught in a city health inspection. how many girls do you have here tonight? right now i have seven. the manager tries to stall ed from entering one of the rooms. is just months ago ceo was fined for having sex women wearing lingerie and clear heels and for employing an unlicensed masseuse. she was crying because she didn t want to be there. her father was sick. she was from korea. and the only reason she s here
in 2004 san franciscans were shocked when a federal investigation targeting massage parlors uncovered an illegal sex trafficking ring in the bay area. out of 11 brothels, approximately 100 women were recovered. health department. massagy? no. how come you have the signs still? since 2004 walsh has shed over 100 pounds. and san francisco has shed 24 illegal massage parlors operating as modern-day brothels. you call this a massage establishment? where women suspected of being trafficked live in spaces unfit for animals just blocked from san francisco s glittering tourist attractions. in my opinion we have made a big impact on the human trafficking and prostitution in these parlors in san francisco. just how do the parlors operate? walsh says the minute a client is buzzed in 60 to 100 goes to the house.
but the parlors are bare down here. welcome back to hardball. ann curry certainly raised it on the today show and that was vice president biden explaining or plainly stating that he s not going anywhere and will be on the ticket as vice president running with president obama for re-election in 2012. however, news stories that biden will step aside and let hillary clinton step in as vice president still show up here and there. for example, today in the chicago sun times the columnist out there laura washington phrased it like this today, quote, an obama/clinton ticket would be a potent and historic lure. it would pander to female voters, but i suspect they will go with it. so why won t this story just go away completely? joan walsh is the editor at large with salon and matt cooper with the national journal. joan and matt, we re all three professionals. we watch these things come and go. right. it seems like if you have a