Asian brothel closings raise concerns about sex trafficking - Quincy, MA - Wicked Local Quincy

Asian brothel closings raise concerns about sex trafficking - Quincy, MA - Wicked Local Quincy: "Asian brothel closings raise concerns over the extent of human trafficking in the sex trade
An attractive woman in her mid-20s, greeted her newest client at the apartment door. An $80 house fee bought a 20-minute massage. For an extra $90, “Ming” undressed and provided much more.
The graphic narrative about one john’s sexual transaction at a North Quincy brothel was posted online in 2007 on a site where men swap tales and information about prostitution in communities around the United States. A phone number listed by the author – “Sinner77” – is one of the same used by five people arrested by federal investigators Wednesday and accused of threatening Chinese immigrants to force them into prostitution.
It is no secret that the world’s oldest profession continues to thrive in the Boston area. But the closing of a dozen so-called brothels in this week’s sex-trafficking case begs the question: Are other “masseuses” and “escorts” who advertise services on Craigslist and in publications such as the Boston Phoenix actually unwilling participants in the sex trade?
Special Agent Bruce Foucart, head of New England investigations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the agency is “seeing more” organized sex trafficking."