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"All 3 spas are listed on Rubmaps, an erotic review site that allows users to search for and review illicit massage parlors."

Atlanta spa shootings: Illicit reviews raise red flags that shooter targeted vulnerable women usatoday.com/story/news/inv…
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.ch?🤔

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"The country code domain for Switzerland, .CH, may soon get a new "identity" as a domain correlated with China."

.CH’s Growing Popularity as Domain for China
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Gold Spa and Aromatherapy Spa both mentioned by name in this book from 2011:

Not in My Town - Exposing and Ending Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery

By Dillon Burroughs, Charles Powell · 2011

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From 2018 article:

"Go up and down I-75 and you see massage parlors everywhere. It turns out that many traffickers use massage parlors, 'health spas,' and acupuncture or acupressure businesses as fronts for brothels to exploit Asian women."

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To be very clear this is in no way meant to demean or dehumanize the victims. It is an opportunity to bring attention to a tragic situation in Atlanta and all around the country. Some of these women were very likely victims of many things. So tragic.

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Regardless of where trafficked women and girls are from, or where they are 'working' - transnational organized crime isn't far away. It is absolutely horrifying. It can't be ignored and overlooked anymore.

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February 2018

"...there are some *7,000* nationwide."

Across the US, many illicit massage parlors avoid police detection
pri.org/stories/2018-0…
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Same website listed in OP.

September 15, 2019

"The investigation, focusing on massage parlor review site Rubmaps [.ch]..."

DHS, DOJ Now Looking Into Escort & Massage Sites That Boomed After Backpage Takedown
gizmodo.com/dhs-doj-now-lo…
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"All 3 sites might also be linked to one man, David Azzato...the Swiss businessman has denied running any sites in the US and claimed to have cut ties with Eros and Rubmaps..."

US investigates escort and massage sites over human trafficking
engadget.com/2019-09-15-us-…

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