As a detective, Peter Griffin was 'tasked with dismantling the very businesses he now stands charged with operating and promoting,' said the DOJ.
Retired San Diego detective and former attorney Peter Griffin, 78, allegedly ran five massage businesses that sold commercial sex in California and Arizona. Griffin previously worked in the Vice Operations Unit of the San DiegoDepartment, which is"tasked with dismantling the very businesses he now stands charged with operating and promoting," said the DOJ.
The indictment alleged that Griffin and three others owned and operated the illicit massage parlors at various times between 2013 and August 2022. They are accused of using cell phones, the internet and banking channels to register their businesses, advertise sex online, employ women, manage the businesses' finances and profit from the illegal services.
The U.S. is home to an estimated 9,000 illicit massage businesses that collectively earn nearly $2.5 billion a year, according to the, an anti-trafficking organization. Although some women in these businesses choose to sell sex along with or under the guise of massage services, the Polaris Project reported that many are victims of human trafficking.
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