US EditionSex trafficking victim recounts forced life of rape, abuse to pay husband's debt
- Shortly after Wang came to New York City in late 2011, she was forced to work in massage parlors to help repay her husband’s $50,000 migration-related debt amid increasing threats and gambling problems.
- Her husband’s insistence and financial pressure forced her to take risks working both legitimate and illegal massage parlors, despite having no experience or clear understanding of the job.
- Wang described terrifying experiences including robbery, rape, and living conditions typical of illegal parlors, stressing most women enter sex work due to coercion, poverty, and cultural pressures rather than willingly.
- An estimated 16,800 illicit massage businesses operate across the U.S., yet between 2021 and 2023, only 7% of the 19,225 reported human trafficking cases resulted in arrests totaling 1,344. Efforts to prosecute are complicated by victims’ unwillingness to come forward and the difficulty of legally proving coercion.
- Wang eventually left the industry and now consults to help others, illustrating that with courage it is possible to abandon trafficking and build a fulfilling life despite systemic obstacles.
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