San massage - secrets uncovered

[Mosw27]

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has ordered a six-month shutdown for a San Antonio massage business suspected human trafficking, officials with the state agency said Thursday.

During an inspection last month of San Massage Spa in Castle Hills, TDLR inspectors found "numerous indicators" that human trafficking could be happening at the site, authorities said. According to TDLR, those included:
Employees wearing provocative clothing.
Lingerie items found onsite.
An empty container in the kitchen containing used and open condoms.
No client consultation documents, which are legally required before providing massage therapy.
Items suggesting people had been living at the business' address.
What's more, inspectors learned that San Massage Spa was "associated with illicit sexual advertising on the internet," TDLR officials said.
The closure order comes after TDLR gave San Massage Spa a warning last year over violations including having no consultation forms or business records, employing unlicensed massage therapists and evidence of people residing at the business, according to department officials.

Under a state law adopted last year, TDLR's executive director can issue an emergency order closing down any massage business if authorities have reason to believe human trafficking is occurring there. Officials said this is the third such emergency order TDLR has issued since the law went into effect.

[Slowschool]

Another one bites the dust. There have been several raids this year.
Mongers be careful.

[Chopra]

Are they busting the places or the place plus any mongers present?

[Tazion]

Originally Posted by Chopra

Are they busting the places or the place plus any mongers present?

This was not a LE bust.

[alusive1]

TDLR inspection.

[fritobandido]

The crazy thing is,TDLR doesn't have to have proof just suspicion...

[Slowschool]

What's the chances of TDLR and LEO working together???

[KE999]

Originally Posted by Slowschool

What's the chances of TDLR and LEO working together???

Not beyond the realm of possibility, but they're kinda looking at two separate things with a high degree of overlap. One is a licensing agency that cares about whether or not they can extort fines for doing work that is outside the scope of license, and whether or not they can charge an establishment for a different/additional license.

LEO is there to "serve and protect," but mostly it's an easy photo op, and a way to extort $ for "criminal acts" being conducted. Got to keep the HOAs and constituents happy, so a soft target like an AMP is as easy as it gets.

I'd like to say that there was a more civic and altruistic motivation for either agency, but I'd be lying.