A bead of sweat fell from Jim R.’s forehead as he gazed with pain in his eyes at one of his local massage parlors in Lake Forest, Calif. “The massage therapist women will say they’re from Asia and that they need money and more tips. They then will me how much I will give them as they point to my groin area,” Jim, whose name has been changed to protect his identity, told The Epoch Times. “I found out about these special parlors through links on pornographic websites, and I think at this point every city in SoCal has them now.” Jim, who is disabled, started using illicit massage parlors (IMPs) offering prostitution services in January 2021. Many of these IMPs have a high probability of using women who are victims of sex trafficking. In recent years, researchers have reported that 80 percent of human trafficking victims in the United States …
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