A sweeping crackdown on suspected human trafficking operations has led to the closure of multiple day spas across a Massachusetts city following the arrest of a massage parlor manager.
The first business targeted in the Merrimack Valley community of Methuen was Beauty Garden Spa, where police allege 38-year-old manager Suping Zhu, of Flushing, New York, trafficked women who were living in the basement and performing sex acts for clients.
An arrest warrant has been issued for another co-manager of the spa.
Since then, eight additional spas have shut down—some voluntarily, others through cease-and-desist orders issued by the city and the Department of Health…