The Illicit Massage Industry (IMI) is one of the largest - and most networked - sex trafficking markets in the United States. We assess the IMI as of June 2021 was made up of over 11,000 illicit massage businesses (IMBs) across all 50 states...
Read On...Prosecutors often face unappealing options when trying to bring illicit massage business owners to justice for their involvement in sex trafficking. Heyrick Research and Street Grace interviewed prosecutors around the country to identify underutilized means of building successful multi-charge cases against illicit massage industry networks...
Read On...When a shooter killed eight people at three illicit massage businesses in Atlanta in March 2021, the crimes were immediately linked to race. The shooter himself, however, claimed the crimes were not racially motivated, but were caused by his “sex addiction.” But the sexual stereotyping of Asian women in the United States is not new...
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Mapping networks, providing in-depth assessments, and identifying leads to help drive more efficient investigations.
Educating and motivating commercial landlords to terminate or not-renew leases for illicit massage business tenants.
Industry insights, language fluency, and on-the-ground partner support for active IMB investigations and interventions.
Our toolkits empower citizens, community leaders and anti-human trafficking task forces and coalitions with strategic resources and promising, field-tested disruption methods to defeat the Illicit Massage Industry (IMI) and provide trauma-informed, culturally sensitive services to victims.
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