US EditionWomen are sex-trafficked in more storefronts than there are McDonald’s. But who’s watching?
- In November 2023, police and town officials closed illicit massage parlors in Crown Point and Winfield, Indiana, linked to illegal sex trafficking.
- These closures occurred amid a nationwide context where over 16,800 illicit massage parlors, often migrant-run and outwardly legal, outnumber McDonald's restaurants.
- Most workers at these parlors are middle-aged women from China and South Korea with limited English proficiency, who often endure coercion, emotional distress, and sexual abuse.
- A survey of 116 women found 40 percent were sexually assaulted by customers, while 17 percent reported forced sex work, but most appeared to have some agency despite exploitation.
- Although there is substantial evidence of abuse, state disciplinary boards and law enforcement frequently fail to intervene, with arrests resulting from human trafficking cases nationwide occurring in just a small fraction—approximately 7 percent—between 2021 and 2023.
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Women are sex-trafficked in more storefronts than there are McDonald’s. But who’s watching?
A Lee Enterprises investigation found most states fail to protect vulnerable women and few law enforcement agencies punish the owners of the businesses, let alone go after their support networks.
·Omaha, United States
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A federal appeals court has upheld the denial of insurance coverage for Rice Enterprises LLC, a former McDonald’s franchisee in the Pittsburgh area, in a case stemming from the sexual harassment and assault of underage employees by a restaurant supervisor. In a nonprecedential decision issued Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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