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Harris said that after learning more about human trafficking at a multi-agency seminar last month in Sacramento, she’ll be pushing herself and police staff on the best ways of investigating the crime, understanding how to move forward on an arrest and prosecution, and pinpointing available resources in the community to provide the proper level of support so that the victim doesn’t re-engage in the same activity.
Shelton said that wherever prostitution has established itself, child prostitution will follow. She points to the My Redbook Website as an example of how prostitution is thinly disguised and ads for “dates” in women seeking men sections are come-ons for paid sexual encounters.
The site has listings for a variety of communities, including Sacramento.
“They’ll not say anything outright,” she said. “Instead of $300 for an hour, they’ll say 300 roses.”
The sites have listings for massage parlors and strip clubs as well as apparent prostitution. Customers can even rate services.

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My story is, I recently found out my husband visits massage parlors and he finds them on myredbook.com. In their forum, someone mentioned the news article from Sacbee.
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And while I’m at it, the websites advertise “happy endings” and all of the massage parlors in town. Today I spotted 12 parlors in just 15 minutes. How do they get permits and not get caught? Exchanging money for sex is still illegal right? Or did I miss something…..
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I first want to say that I am sorry. This must be very difficult and confusing for you. I was looking at a free Sacramento publication the other day at a coffee shop and noticed a lot of advertisements for massages that sported scantily clad women posturing in provocative poses. It was fairly obvious that some of these advertisements weren’t for legitimate massages. I am very familiar with the website you mentioned and often see these massage parlors inconspicuously tucked away in lower rent business areas in urban environments.

See the full article from “The Sacramento Press”

Letters to the Editor
What took so long?
The Bakersfield Californian | Thursday, Nov 04 2010 05:33 PM
Last Updated Thursday, Nov 04 2010 05:33 PM
Let me get this straight: Until very recently — Nov. 1, to be exact, according to a Los Angeles Times article in the Nov. 2 Californian (”Calif. halts welfare card access at pot shops, massage parlors“) — state-issued welfare debit cards were used, and payment was processed for, purchases made at pot shops, psychics, massage parlors, bingo halls, gun shops, bars, racetracks, tattoo parlors and on cruise ships?
Something tells me this wasn’t news to those in Sacramento. In fact, the Department of Social Services apparently had a website where welfare cardholders could research where their next party was taking place.
Having said that, are we to commend Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for this tightening of the belt at the twilight of his tenure, or should we all wonder what took so long?

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Welfare dollars not allowed to go to pot
SACRAMENTO: Welfare recipients in California will no longer be able to use their state-issued debit cards at medical marijuana shops, psychics, massage parlours and many other businesses.
The Schwarzenegger administration wrote to county welfare directors on Monday announcing that ATMs and point-of-sale card readers in such businesses would be removed from the network that accepts California’s Electronic Benefits Transfer cards.
The letter said the cards, which provide access to cash, are meant to help families pay rent and clothe their children. They will also no longer work at bingo halls, gun shops, bars, race tracks, tobacconists and tattoo parlours and on cruise ships.
The Department of Social Services could not say how much welfare money had been spent at or withdrawn from businesses subject to the new ban. It also would not elaborate on how the businesses were chosen. The letter said simply the businesses were ”inconsistent with the intent” of the program.

See the full article from “Sydney Morning Herald”

Arden Arcade is not, and has never been, considered part of the city of Sacramento, except by the city officials who are already planning how to use the revenue provided by annexation to solve their budget woes. We are a separate community, with a separate identity, just like Rancho Cordova and Citrus Heights.
SN&R used to stand up for the little guy. So sorry to see you have sold out to the politicos and special interests who are trying so hard to keep our neighborhoods stuck in the mire. The wealthy fighting this have feathered their nests, and don’t give a crap about the people who will have a better quality of life through incorporation.
Oh wait, I forgot. All these massage parlors that surround my home advertise in your paper. My mistake. As usual, it’s just all about the money, isn’t it?

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Busted Davis Square massage parlor reviewed on Yelp 2010 August 11
So, as Audi reported today, a massage parlor was busted in Davis Square for… being a massage parlor – women were allegedly prostituting themselves there and the business didn’t have a massage license.
The business – Fu Shen Therapeutic Spa – is right in the heart of Davis, in between Starbucks and the Joshua Tree, and it has great Yelp ratings!
[Yes, I know, there's no reason to trust what Yelpers have to say about a business because of all the extortion allegations, but in light of what we now know about Fu Shen, the reviews are... interesting.]
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Third suspect faces prostitution charges
LODI – A Lodi man has been named as a third person suspected of running a prostitution ring from Washington state to California, allegedly using massage parlors as fronts for brothels, according to federal court documents.
Carl Hencmann, 65, of Lodi appeared in U.S. District Court in Sacramento on Monday, officials said, facing prostitution and money-laundering charges. He was ordered jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail.
Federal authorities believe Hencmann and two business partners – Tham Nguyen, 48, and Suong Tran, 51, both of Burien, Wash. – hired women from out of state to work as prostitutes and moved them among massage parlors in Lodi, Sacramento and Washington state, and a legal brothel in Nevada.
In Lodi, the businesses targeted were the AAH Spa at 20 N. Cherokee Lane and Valley Spa at 321 N. California St.

See the full article from “Stockton Record”

Owners of Kirkland massage parlor (and others) arrested for multi-state prostitution, money laundering scheme
By REPORTER STAFFKIRKLAND REPORTER
The owners of a string of massage parlors in Washington – including one in Kirkland – and California were arrested Thursday after an investigation found a prostitution and money laundering scheme.
Tham Nguyen, 48, and Suong Tran, 51, both of Burien, face charges of conspiracy to transport individuals in furtherance of prostitution and conspiracy to engage in money laundering. A federal grand jury handed down a two-count indictment against them Wednesday.
According to court documents, the defendants owned and operated three massage parlors in Washington, three similar businesses in California and a legal brothel in Nevada. The massage parlors were allegedly fronts for prostitution.
The massage parlors in Washington include the Fantasy Health Spa, at 11516 124th Ave. N.E. in Kirkland, the Sauna Relax Station in Auburn and Bamboo Sauna in Burien.

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ICE: 3 Calif. Spas Were Fronts For Prostitution
2 People From Washington State In CustodyPOSTED: 4:01 pm PDT April 22, 2010UPDATED: 4:11 pm PDT April 22, 2010
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two people from Washington state operated massage parlors in Sacramento and Lodi that were actually fronts for prostitution, immigration officials alleged Thursday.
Tham Nguyen, 48, and Suong Tran, 51, were taken into custody Thursday after agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with local authorities, executed federal search warrants at the businesses. A federal grand jury issued a two-county indictment Wednesday.
Immigration officials said the pair operated AAH Spa on North Cherokee Lane in Lodi, Valley Spa on North California Street in Lodi, and Healthy Living Nails and Spa on 47th Avenue in Sacramento. They also operated spas in Washington and a legal brothel in Nevada, immigration officials claimed.

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Lodi detectives Carlos Fuentes, left, and Paul Blanford stand in front of a house owned by a woman accused of offering prostitution in local massage parlors. (Dan Evans/News-Sentinel)

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