Hidden in plain sight: Oregon’s illicit massage business boom

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – They’re easy to miss.

A neon “open” sign. A generic spa name. Windows covered with posters. A phone number on the door.

From the street, these storefronts can look like ordinary massage businesses. But advocates and prosecutors in Oregon say some of them are illicit massage businesses — often called IMBs — locations that appear to offer massage while selling commercial sex, and often operating as part of a broader human trafficking network…

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