Investigation: Spa busts often result in light sentences
A sign is posted outside Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Fla. on Feb. 19, 2019. An Associated Press review of state records shows that officers and deputies in Florida have investigated hundreds of massage parlors for illegal sexual activity for years, but the owners and employees usually get off with civil fines and misdemeanor charges, even when there are signs of potential trafficking.(Hannah Morse/Palm Beach Post via AP, File)
MIKE SCHNEIDER and TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press
Originally Published: March 30, 2019 11:39 a.m.
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