
Kentucky is experiencing an increase in the number of illicit massage businesses in the state. According to The Network, a counterintelligence agency, these businesses are the second largest growing type of human trafficking in the country.
Heather Wagers is the Executive Director of the Kentucky Office of Human Trafficking and Abuse Prevention and Awareness. Wagers said the Commonwealth has seen a 71 percent increase in the number of illicit massage businesses over the last four years.