Overview

• The four massage parlors raided Wednesday were Green Spa in North Olmsted, Healing Hanos and Savor Massage in Strongsville and Relax Massage in Lorain.
• Officers served search warrants and discovered women both living and working inside the businesses.
• Investigators confiscated cash, financial records and documents during the coordinated operation.
• Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost described the raids as part of a statewide effort launched in 2024 to dismantle forced labor and sex trafficking networks behind legitimate storefronts.
• Prosecutors have relied on state racketeering laws since the 1990s to target illicit spa operations with asset seizures and lengthy prison sentences.