you say online reviews did them in, according to the article:
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Years of complaints from three neighborhoods
“For more than four years, police received a steady stream of complaints about massage parlors offering more than body rubs — with most of the complaints coming from business owners and residents in the Chinatown-International District, Beacon Hill and Sodo — according to Umporowicz.
While there are now an estimated 75 illicit massage parlors citywide, those three neighborhoods formed the epicenter of what became known as “Operation Emerald Triangle.” As part of the larger investigation, Umporowicz and his squad have established probable cause to bust 18 other massage parlors and are planning more arrests in coming weeks.”
I don't like or appreciate detailed reviews and stupid questions about damage. But, I really don't think review sites are necessarily the cause of the raids.
Let's face it, LE knows and patronizes the same spas we do. Often when LE is sent in to bust a local spa, the providers are surprised to see a few of the LE as their former customers. LE does not act until, they get a complaint, until a health inspector or fire inspector notifies them of something, or until they get pressure from local city council.
