I agree, but I think there are serious Eccie readers who should be aware of this story. This approach by LE will seriously limit and perhaps end AMPs in Louisiana—and elsewhere. For the full story, check Baton Rouge edition of Advocate/TP for Feb 1. Here’re the title and first couple of paragraphs. No identities disclosed.
Behind a web of illicit Louisiana massage parlors: casino money laundering, weak regulation
BY LEA SKENE | STAFF WRITER FEB 1, 2022 - 4:00 AM Comments
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A hand-painted sign is displayed near the road outside Asian Spa, seen at top left, Wednesday, February 13, 2019, on Ambassador Caffery Parkway in Lafayette, La.
Advocate staff photo by LESLIE WESTBROOK
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Several months after a state audit found gaping holes in the regulatory system targeting illicit massage parlors across Louisiana, East Baton Rouge deputies arrested four people last weekend after a sprawling investigation that reveals the extent of such underground networks and their potential ties to human trafficking.
Investigators spent the past several months examining one particular network based in Houston whose members allegedly ran a prostitution ring out of massage parlors across the Baton Rouge area and in Lake Charles, Lafayette and Broussard. In addition to transporting women around to various businesses and collecting large sums of cash, the suspects are accused of laundering money through L'Auberge Casino in Baton Rouge
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