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Human trafficking should not be confused with the much more well-known crime of human smuggling, which involves paying criminal organizations to help immigrants sneak into the United States illegally, Allen said.
Arizona is the main gateway for illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border, but law-enforcement officials believe it is also a major corridor and hub for human trafficking.
Human trafficking victims can be anyone who is being held for work through force, fraud or coercion and can include legal and illegal immigrants and even U.S. citizens, Allen said.
On Friday, ICE agents raided a massage parlor in Somerton, a farming town near Yuma in southwestern Arizona, where they arrested three women suspected of illegally operating a house of prostitution.
“Running illicit prostitution rings disguised as massage parlors is a common tactic used by human-trafficking organizations,” Kevin Jeter, the assistant special agent in charge of ICE investigations in Yuma, said in a statement.

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