KRDO -- They're in shopping centers, in strip malls, and some are even scattered in our neighborhoods, but more than 30 massage parlors in Colorado Springs are little more than a front for illegal sex industry. Watch below:. Reader discretion is advised, some of these details are sexually explicit.
A KRDO special report found that there are 36 massage parlors in the city that have recent reviews specifically outlining explicit sexual acts that can be purchased inside. Those sites β like now-defunct Backpage. Government β offer a way for customers, known as Johns, to find locations where they can purchase sexual acts. So what do all of the reviews have in common?
They make it clear the women inside these massage parlors are selling oral and vaginal sex. The reviews also grade women on their physical appearance, hygiene, and even breast size. We paid for a membership to one of those websites to see how many locations were being actively reviewed. Many parlors had multiple reviews. Throughout our four-month investigation, we found the 36 spots dotted across a map of the city and county.
Note: Since our initial investigation, some of these parlors have closed. There are also the advertisements posted online β some are subtle, but others are explicit and very graphic. Customers usually pay a house fee to enter the spa, and then they pay extra for certain sex acts. That includes Sang White, who was arrested in for suspicion of human trafficking, pimping, and providing a place of prostitution at the World Spa near Hancock Expressway.
We decided to pay White a visit at the World Spa. One of the reviewers of World Spa gave high marks to a girl named Mimi. We had also surveilled World Spa in late March to see where the employees go whenever the parlor closes for the day. We got there at p. Police say there are roughly two sex workers per parlor, which works out to about 70 women working in El Paso County alone.
