The site shows massage parlors in Kansas and Missouri that sell sex, with around 40 just in Kansas City. Are you kidding me? Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the Patriots, is included in a human trafficking bust in Florida.
Investigators used Rubmaps to help them arrest traffickers and identify over men who allegedly paid for sex at massage parlors. Anti-sex trafficking groups say women who work at these places are likely trafficked, and likely from another country. They wouldn't even know where to go for help even if they understood they were victims," said Kuriakose.
Kuriakose was sex trafficked for eight years and finally got the support to get out. She started an organization called Streetlight and does outreach in the metro. She says women are forced to service anywhere from 12 to 20 men a day. If they don't, they may be beaten. We're finding with a lot of victims that that is their home. Not only their income, but their home. A lot of times they don't have an income; it's taken by the managers and the pimps. They don't receive the money that's laid on the table," said Kuriakose.
Kuriakose and other advocacy groups are working on the Olathe 19 Initiative, where they plan to spread awareness and fliers to 14, people, starting with apartment complexes and expanding to businesses. She says the most common sex trafficking front in Johnson County is a business like a massage parlor, nail salon, and even grocery stores.
Tuttle and Kuriakose say the number one misconception that keeps demand high is that these workers are just doing a job. We talked to police departments around the metro who say they are aware of Rubmaps, but couldn't go into specifics. Report a typo. News Local News. Actions Facebook Tweet Email. By: Sarah Plake. The demand for these services is surprising, advocacy groups say. She says there is one big, red flag.
