February 20, 2021

USA: Authorities In Utah Executed Multiple Arrest Warrants In Connection To Alleged Human Trafficking Sex Slavery At Several Massage Parlors.

KSL News published February 5, 2021: Authorities have executed multiple warrants in connection to alleged human trafficking and prostitution at several massage parlors.

KSLTV NBC News, Utah local
written by Ladd Egan and Matthew Jacobson
Friday February 5, 2021

AMERICAN FORK, Utah – Authorities have executed multiple warrants in connection to alleged human trafficking and prostitution at several massage parlors in Utah County.

According to arresting documents, police executed warrants Thursday at businesses in American Fork and Orem. Six people were arrested.

The affidavits stated that detectives have been investigating following an anonymous online tip in September 2020 that alleged employees at a new “Asian” massage parlor in American Fork had been performing sexual acts on customers.

Christensen added the victim didn’t know where she was and didn’t know anybody in the area.

Officers conducted undercover operations at Sunflower Massage, Relax Wood LLC, Magic Massage and Small Rainbow.

Through a translator, one of the women said she was being forced to stay in the massage parlor, where she slept and ate, and was not allowed to go anywhere without the consent of the “boss,” the affidavit stated. She said she didn’t know who the “boss” was.

Authorities also arrested a man, identified as Joseph Edward Ferreri, who they say was seen transporting at least two of the women in a vehicle.

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