The building hosts offices of the NGO but also an exhibition and replica of Angela Day Spa, showing the living conditions in which the Thai victims were forced to live. “The pimp was a Korean and he was part of a big sex trafficking ring,” Hernandez said. Legitimate massage parlour in Thai Town, claimed by the Thai CDC to be helpful with assistancesThe six blocks of Thai Town in East Hollywood, known for authentic Thai cuisine, including durian, is also ground zero for assistance for Thai trafficking victims. Panida, the organisation’s lead attorney, recently assisted victims of a sex trafficking ring that was exposed in Minnesota last year. Banner of a Thai massage parlour in HoustonWhile Hernandez indicated that Thai victims feared being confronted by US authorities for illegally entering the country to work legally, another legal source working with Thai victims, who asked to remain anonymous, said some had |entered the country through legal channels.

Source: The Nation Bangkok February 18, 2018 21:00 UTC