and they were very happy to be here in the US working at massage parlors rather than back in Korea eking out a hard life there.

I have been to many AMPS and have spoken to many of the providers who work at them.
I constantly see these girls moving from place to place at their own free will. I know of several who used their hard earned cash to go to school, and leave the business. Others support their families abroad. A US dollar goes a long way in Korea and China.    
Recently, there were a couple of providers from the Ca AMP scene that are now working in NY. I have seen them leave NY to work in other states too.
In the years that I have been going to AMPS, I only knew of one who complained that she had a debt to pay off.
Now, don't get me wrong... I am not saying that trafficking does not happen, because it does. I am saying that I have seen very little evidence that it is widespread and prolific. I say this with 5 years of experience of going to these places, chatting with the girls, and mamasans.
The media is to blame for sensationalizing and blowing the subject out of proportion in their feeble attempt to sell newspapers and shock TV viewers. They have no concern for the girls, only their bottom line.
LE uses the trafficking excuse in an attempt to justify their waste of taxpayer money to bust AMPS whenever they can.
If you do suspect there is trafficking, just stay away, which is what I would do.

Maybe.   Or Maybe not!

But the real question is it prevelant throughout the industry?   Of course not.

Look, any woman being held against her will for any reason is bad, but to avoid the whole category because of the potential of a single women being held against her will is not a valid reason.

Re: AAMPs/Asian Agencies In SoCal

Hiya Kern. I have thought of this as well, kind of an icky feeling. I really do hope that is not the case and the are treated well and are  there because they want to be...who knows, sad but true. When i am in the nail salon i often wonder if any of the gals there work in an AMP, some of them are really cute. I had a massage while doing my nails, and i was getting pretty aroused just from that!! I love those hot little asians too

Back in the days when I first started doing this I worked at a few Asian agencies mainly because I didn't know much about this business. Another reason I worked at Asian agency in the beginning is because regular American agency would not hire me unless I had a reference from other agency and they recommended me to work at Asian agency for few month and come back, which I did.  

Although it was my own decision to be in AA, I must say that working conditions were terrible compared to being an independent. Work hours are odd (sometimes they would wake me up at 4am for a call.) I was non-stop working for hours (5-10 clients on a given day) , constantly on a road to do outcall . Some agency often takes more than half what we earned. Clients tend to be abusive and less appreciative than who would pay over $400.

All in all, I would never go back. I think that most girls working at AA stay there because of the language problem.

let's not forget that victims of human trafficking not only end up in prostitution. They are victimized in many other ways, working in whatever they can get, maybe little shops, cleaning, washing cars, ..... for miserable salaries that they have to give back to pay a debt way too large. Many have no choice as they have been threatened with their families back home getting killed, and that happens. this comes to mind sometimes when I see with this poor girl (or guy) who looks like hasn't slept in days and is barely standing to dry my car. bottom line we live in a cruel world and all we can do is our little part of good (I tip the "drier" very well maybe hoping will pay off a bit earlier, am gentle and considerate and wish him/her good luck)
I know that sexual slavery is way worse, devaluing and traumatizing, but just want to bring up the point that "slavery" happens in other sectors we feel, as a society, very comfortable using.
I am sure many of the people raising hell against sex industry for this reason, totally ignore, in their own blindness, the car drier or home aid