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opinion | ed davis and swanee hunt
Want to buy sex in Massachusetts? Think again
By Ed Davis and Swanee Hunt | 
 
  February 21, 2012
Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in this country. A century and a half later, people are still bought and sold — here in Boston.
Attorney General Martha Coakley warns that human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in Massachusetts. The term “trafficking” evokes images of people smuggled across borders; but FBI, UN, and Congressional definitions describe any children, women, or men coerced into physical violence, mental abuse, and even death.
Take a look (or don’t) at backage.com, so-called massage parlors and escort services, as well as the seediest or most upscale bars and hotels across the Commonwealth. It’s right under our noses.

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… I’ve always thought Quincy was a great place,” Merrill said. “I’m always surprised it hasn’t taken off sooner.”
For much of the mid-20th century, Quincy was nicknamed Shopperstown USA because of its thriving retail scene anchored by old-line department stores such as Remick’s, Gilchrist’s and Raymond’s.
Indoor malls such as Braintree’s South Shore Plaza, which was built in the early 1960s and enlarged several times into its present-day 1.6-million-square-foot footprint, drew shoppers away and relegated Quincy Center to a new era as the home of no-frills independent shops, dimly lit saloons and service businesses.
“It’s sort of like a revolving door,” said McWilliams, the Quincy architect. “There are all these storefronts and restaurants that survive for a year and then it’s the next year and the next nail salon, the next massage parlor or the next Irish restaurant.”

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Mussari ran a spa in Easton also investigated for prostitution in 2003. Months later, she faced a charge of operating a massage parlor with unlicensed personnel, but it was dismissed in Taunton District Court.
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Three months after being charged with deriving support from prostitution at her city spa, Terry Mussari is still behind the desk at a spa in the same location. The spa has changed names – from Aria Day Spa to Spa One – and changed owners. But Mussari has been seen in the store repeatedly since her initial arrest, often behind the front desk. On Tuesday, she gave a female reporter who inquired at the spa a business card and pointed out “our” prices for spa services. Mussari, her husband and an unidentified woman later asked a male reporter to leave when he attempted to ask questions at the spa. The woman, who would not give her name, repeatedly denied that Mussari was an employee, calling her a “friend.” “There’s no …

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Mussari ran a spa in Easton also investigated for prostitution in 2003. Months later, she faced a charge of operating a massage parlor with unlicensed personnel, but it was dismissed in Taunton District Court.
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Three months after being charged with deriving support from prostitution at her city spa, Terry Mussari is still behind the desk at a spa in the same location. The spa has changed names – from Aria Day Spa to Spa One – and changed owners. But Mussari has been seen in the store repeatedly since her initial arrest, often behind the front desk. On Tuesday, she gave a female reporter who inquired at the spa a business card and pointed out “our” prices for spa services. Mussari, her husband and an unidentified woman later asked a male reporter to leave when he attempted to ask questions at the spa. The woman, who would not give her name, repeatedly denied that Mussari was an employee, calling her a “friend.” “There’s no …

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HAVERHILL — State and local police have been watching a local massage parlor for more than a year and a half because of complaints that sexual favors were being sold there, investigators said.
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No details about the June 2010 police raid on the massage parlor were available.
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The massage parlor appeared to be out of business as of Sunday, police Deputy Chief Donald Thompson said.
Liu and Chen were arrested the evening of Jan. 12 when detectives visited the massage parlor, according to a police report filed with the court.
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Investigators said they discovered a used condom on the floor of one of the rooms during the Jan. 12 visit. They also found items in two massage rooms that would not be needed at a legitimate massage parlor, police said.

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January 11, 2012
DANVERS — Two women arrested last month on prostitution charges after police raided a Route 1 massage parlor pleaded not guilty during their arraignments yesterday.
Qinfei Chan, 48, of Malden and Xiaoping Wan, 48, of Charlestown are facing charges of sexual conduct for a fee and deriving support from prostitution, following the raid at a business known as Newbury Bodywork and also as Asian Wellness.
Police had been looking into the business off and on since 2007, after receiving information that customers were paying extra for workers to engage in sexual acts. Last month, after new complaints about the business, police sent an undercover officer to an appointment.
Lawyer Ed O’Reilly, who represents both women, asked Salem District Court Judge Dunbar Livingston to order police to return Wan’s cellphone, credit cards and a device that helps her translate Chinese into English.

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The toy distributer also spoke about receiving correspondence from children, noting that young people now contact him via email, social media and text, but that handwritten letters are still popular.
In regard to texts, Claus said his cell phone service in the North Pole is “getting better every year.”
He also said that to be successful in his field, “You have to be a good delegator.”
When Joseph Lynch, co-host of “Greater Somerville,” suggested that Rep. Michael Capuano was naughty this year and deserved a lump of coal due to his position on the Green Line extension, Claus came to the legislator’s defense.
“Mike Capuano has been nice,” Claus said, pointing to what he said was the congressman’s realistic approach to funding challenges surrounding the project.
When co-host KyAnn Anderson said she was pleased a certain massage parlor near her home had been shut down—the massage parlor allegedly offered “happy endings”—Claus said, “I did hear about that.”

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Two women working at the Newbury Body Work massage parlor were arrested Friday night, December 16, and charged with offering more than just a massage.
Xiaoping Wan, 48, of Charlestown, and Quinfei Chan, 48, of Malden were arrested at the location on Route 1, on the Danvers/Topsfield line. The two are charged with offering sex for a fee and deriving support from prostitution.
Bettencourt said that beginning in September, the Danvers police began getting anonymous tips and complaints from neighbors who were suspicious of the kinds of services being offered. This led to surveillance that included researching Craigslist postings for offerings and ultimately on Friday the Danvers police sent in an undercover person to the parlor. A transaction was done and the arrests were made.
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This is not the first time that a massage parlor in Danvers has been cited. — Sam Trapani

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But it was a tip from a concerned customer that helped break the case.
He was concerned, he told police, because he had gone in for a regular massage and was given the hard sell for a “happy ending,” which he refused.
Qinfei Chan, 48, of Malden, and Xiaoping Wan, 48, of Charlestown, are facing charges of sexual conduct for a fee and deriving support from prostitution after an undercover police officer went to the Newbury Bodywork spa, which has also been known as the Asian Wellness spa.
The officer, who had been to the business once before, had arranged an appointment for 4:30.
During the massage, the undercover officer “did the customary flip,” which, Detective Timothy Williamson explained in his report, is usually a signal in illicit massage parlors that the customer wants something “extra.”

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Two 48-year-old females were arrested following a tip off to the Danvers Police that Newbury Body Work, a massage parlor at 435 Newbury St. was offering more than massages.
According to Sergeant Bob Bettencourt, police arrested Xiaoping Wan, 48, of 10 Walford Way in Charlestown, and Quinfei Chan, 48, of 29 Main St. in Malden at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, both on charges of offering sex for a fee and deriving support from prostitution.
Bettencourt said the police started the investigation in September, following several complaints that the business was offering sexual services.
“We’ve responded to complaints from people in the town about the things going on there,” said Bettencourt. “It culminated Friday, with an under cover going in and them offering him services.”
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Bettencourt said there was a similar case of a suspicious massage parlor in town in 2007, but they closed their business before any arrests were made.

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