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Police: 7 businesses suspected of being fronts for prostitution
March 11, 2011|By SEAN EMERY
COSTA MESA – Authorities on Friday carried out searches of seven spa and massage parlors that investigators suspect of being fronts for prostitution.

Police say the raid is part of a seven-month investigation into reports of prostitution, pimping and pandering at more than a half a dozen businesses in a commercial complex on the corner of Fair Drive and Harbor Boulevard.

While no arrests were made, city code-enforcement officials served notice that they plan to shut the spa and massage parlors, and the Orange County District Attorney's Office has filed 15 criminal charges against people tied to the businesses, Costa Mesa Police Lt. Mark Manley said.



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"Today was really a kind of fact-finding, evidence-gathering process," Manley said. "There was no resistance. I don't think we even forced any doors open."

Staffers and masseuses were detained for interviews and then released, Manley said. Police say the information gleaned during the search will be passed to prosecutors.

Police were also joined by immigration officials, who are investigating whether there was any human trafficking involved in the businesses, Manley said.

The spa and massage parlors have been under investigation since July, after several reports of prostitution taking place at the business complex, next to the College Park residential neighborhood, less than a mile from the Orange County Fairgrounds and the Costa Mesa Civic Center.

The business included in the search warrant included Relax Zone, Super Day Spa Massage, Angel Massage, Fantastic Spa, Rainbow Spa, A1 Oriental Massage Inc. and Visage Spa, police said.

Authorities did not name the individuals charged in the case. The owners will have 30 days to appeal the loss of their business licenses, Manley said.

Contact the writer: 714-796-7939 or [email protected]



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gosh darn bastards

Who cares? The girls would just go somewhere else and maybe do a better job.

anyone know where Jessica from relax zone went too??