Massage Parlor Reports

[Dr Willy]

They were technically still open for a while yesterday but I did confirm with Kiko today that they are now temporarily closed.

Thank you for lending your voice here. I am struck by the fact that, over the last 5 pages of posts in this thread, there is an AMAZING volume of opinions and questionable observations from posters that are not regular participants in the thread. Among the few well-known (to me, anyway) contributors, a few of those have expressed that even they haven't definitively confirmed for themselves the status of the business. Given the controversial nature of the 'news' and the high number of newer contributors posting reports, I found myself questioning the veracity of more than a few of those reports (A2 has even tagged some as unreliable). For this reason, I truly appreciate your contribution here to shed what I consider reliable light on the situation.

From a historical perspective, long-time readers might remember that Keiko seemed to get "spooked" at the time of the Great Kraft Debacle and closed up shop at Blue Ocean (where she went by the moniker "Snow" at the time). Following her exit at that time from Blue Ocean, she was MIA for quite some time (what was it?... 6-9 months?) until the dust settled a bit and more facts became known about that LE "operation", after which she and her staff reappeared at the very cramped, poorly "plumbed", Massage Connection with the horrible parking situation. When she left there, it was to immediately relocate to a better facility (with fully working plumbing, not to mention more space and better parking). If the current situation is due to any sort of legal or risk circumstances, I would almost expect Keiko to remain out of sight for several months and then reappear at a new location with a different business name... and probably with a new name for herself, as well! HA!

[Ludwig Van]

There's a small you Haul in the parking lot tonight but no sign of anybody.

[HumbleHal]

Could they- months later- bust guys that they know visited the place? Just because they know they visited? No negotiations, no soliciting, etc. ?? (speaking of MM).

LEOs had cameras and were using the vacant Vape store next door to video tape men going in and out. They probably have license tag information.

[StreetNinja13]

Could they- months later- bust guys that they know visited the place? Just because they know they visited? No negotiations, no soliciting, etc. ?? (speaking of MM).

[KramerCostanza]

The media did run a story on the latest massage parlor bust. This was a few weeks ago and it was the massage parlor across the street from lake highland prep. Couple photo showed couple guys going in and coming back out. Then moments later, SWAT rolls on the scene. Weapons drawn and they enter the building. The next photograph posted on the news was everybody outside. Getting ready to take the ride. I rode by there about three weeks ago and I couldn't stop laughing that one. It opened up right by your school. That's got to be the stupidest location for a business like this.

I won't even stop in Polk county for gas. In the past ten years I have driven on I 4 through Polk 200 times. Foot never hits the pavement there. You would have to be an idiot or uniformed to mess around in Grady Country.

[TimmyHill]

Drove by blue ocean and not a car in their parking lot. Wonder if they closed in fear of being raided or something else.

[BackShooter]

Is it normal that the media hasn't run stories on this bust yet?

The media did run a story on the latest massage parlor bust. This was a few weeks ago and it was the massage parlor across the street from lake highland prep. Couple photo showed couple guys going in and coming back out. Then moments later, SWAT rolls on the scene. Weapons drawn and they enter the building. The next photograph posted on the news was everybody outside. Getting ready to take the ride. I rode by there about three weeks ago and I couldn't stop laughing that one. It opened up right by your school. That's got to be the stupidest location for a business like this.

[MistahSkittles]

Anyone else find it odd that all these places shut down within a few weeks of each other or is it just me?

Almost as if LE had a tipper or they had been on surveillance on the AMP trifecta for some time and finally caught the owners in the act of money laundering or something.

[Gruglok]

Everyone needs to understand that these places were probably under surveillance for months. If LE wants to make a "big splash", they might go after the visitors. Basically, a big waste of taxpayer dollars, for a "morality issue", when there is actual crime to address. Or maybe they just want to confiscate the $$ from the spas, to fund their police banquets, etc.

There was regularly a vehicle parked late nights on the opposite side of the parking lot for MM under the overhang and a building straight up and in view of the front door / parking area where license plates could've easily been catalogued. I parked next to the vehicle sitting there with a driver just staring at the front door once and they didn't budge from that spot for hours.

Maybe if these people open up again, finding a commercial spot that isn't so close to a god damn major highway would be a good idea, less attention is good sometimes.

[Bearing100]

Unfortunately, trafficking is built into the business model. I think when people hear "human trafficking" they imagine the movie Taken and think its innocent girls kid apped and thrown into sex slavery. In reality, isn't it just moving people for the sake of profiting or exploiting of sexual acts? Most of these girls are escorts or parlor girls in their own country so when they simply just get flown out to the states to do it here or moved from parlor to parlor throughout different counties in the states, boom, it's trafficking.

It's hard to see how this business model continues aside from being stopped fully or just existing, waiting till the next bust, going quiet + regrouping, and existing again rinse and repeat. Especially, with DeMoron in charge who's infatuated with headlines and "moral" crusades.

Several that I've known have talked about their vacations & trips, visiting family & friends and even shown me pictures on vacation and out with their friends. One I even know had pictures of her scuba diving and was going diving soon as she left for vacation. So at least the ones I've gotten to know seem to come & go and work when they want to work and don't when they don't want to work. A different lifestyle, but hey.

[RI CheeseHead]

Is it really state wide? I've only seen Orlando and Ft Lauderdale get hit in the last week.

Well those are the 2 "best" places (counting entire Broward as FTL), no?

[Bjceb]

The funny thing about this is none of these busts are going to do anything really to effect the area.

Look at south florida, which king / nds got caught up with but the reality is there are a million places to still go.

Just with in walking distance from the hard rock there are 3 rub places and 1 AMP. Who are they kidding.

Tampa use to have really great AMPs and then they had a couple get busted. My old favorite was ocean.

Guess what, there are a ton of aroma shops around tampa where you can get anything you want, not too mention all the AMPs.

Orlando has a ton of AMPs right now and plenty are still providing. King / nds were part of a big group so that was there problem and milk didn't have a license which was easy pickins for LEO.

Winter park will let a AMP exist as long as they are not FS. Still plenty of FS AMPs running around right now!

[RI CheeseHead]

Hopefully the owner / owners read the tea leaves and felt it was a good time to lay low for a few.

For how long?

Is it it related to RDS immigration BS?

[WaterMan561]

You would have thought that the Sentinel and / or the local television stations would have been all over this story as we all know sex sells. I don't see anything at all. Which makes me wonder if there is more coming and LE wants to keep things quiet at the moment.

[ToyotaVon]

Hopefully the owner / owners read the tea leaves and felt it was a good time to lay low for a few.