Atlanta (WXIA) - A prostitution sting in Clayton County has shut down 14 massage parlors, but now Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill says even more serious charges are coming.
Investigators there have been working on the case for three months. Last month, they raided and shut down the 14 massage parlors. But now, the deeper story is what some of the people who worked in those spas have been going through.
Additional investigation has the county sheriff looking at more serious charges than prostitution.
“Last week, before the holidays, it was confirmed that four of these locations were definitely holding women against their will,” said Hill.
Hill says in four of the spas that were shut down, they found women who were forced into prostitution.
“In one heartbreaking story, one woman said she had been held for four years -- even tried to escape, was unsuccessful. Was assaulted for trying to escape,” Hill said.
Now all the businesses in question have been shut down. The buildings have been seized, as well as cash, credit card machines. The sheriff says it is one of their proudest moments.
“I hope this sends a clear message to the people who were operating these places, that they will no longer ever be allowed to operate them,” said Hill. “And if anyone was thinking about bringing that type of establishment to my county, they will be dealt with swiftly and appropriately.”
The sheriff says there are obviously legitimate massage therapy locations in the county, but in the 14 cases his office has cited, when an undercover officer went in and was getting a massage, they were asked if they wanted that massage to go further into a sex act.
Source: wltx.com
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