Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about. In each instance, the masseuse did not ask explicitly if a man wanted her to perform a sex act, but made it clear one was available. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Welcome to our new and improved comments , which are for subscribers only. This is a test to see whether we can improve the experience for you.
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If you see comments in violation of our community guidelines , please report them. Jim Townsend worked for 18 months to close down an illicit massage parlor that was operating next to his business in Urbandale. Des Moines Register.
You might assume the offer comes in the form of a question. Toward the end of each massage, without forewarning, the women performing the massage touched or tickled the male customers in a sexual manner at or near their genitals. In each tape-recorded interaction, the masseuse did not ask explicitly if the man wanted her to perform a sex act. But the men said each woman made clear one was in the offing. PART 1: Iowa is a hot spot for trafficking in the illicit massage industry, but prosecutions are rare.
This Urbandale man did something about it. In the past year, Des Moines police made major arrests of sex traffickers β including seven people indicted last summer in a ring that included 26 victims. But no major arrests for sex trafficking, racketeering, prostitution or money laundering have happened related to illicit massage parlors in Iowa's capital city.
