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Here's how one Texas town handled sex trafficking. Experts laud it.
- A team from Lee Enterprises conducted an analysis of disciplinary measures and sex trafficking arrests across several U.S. States, covering the period from 2019 through mid-2024.
- The team sought state disciplinary records related to illicit massage parlors but found four states lack licensing boards and some states restrict access to records.
- The analysis included data from 32 states, used the National Practitioners Data Bank to verify findings, and examined sex trafficking arrest data from 2021 to June 2024 obtained from Virginia State Police.
- The National Practitioners Data Bank, a federal database including massage therapists, helps states track disciplinary actions, while law enforcement crime data provides information on the frequency and locations of sex trafficking.
- The findings reveal that states seldom discipline massage therapists, limiting oversight of illicit businesses and complicating efforts to address sex trafficking at these venues.
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How we tackled the sex trafficking investigation
Here’s how the Lee Enterprises Public Service team did a first-of-its-kind analysis of states’ efforts to protect women who are subject to sex trafficking at illicit massage parlors.
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