Most Korean women in U.S. massage parlors were previously married to GIs

Evidence

Since the 1970s, GIs have also been involved in sham marriages used to bring Korean women to the United States to perform sex work in Korean massage parlors. Korean divorcées from legitimate marriages have also been vulnerable to recruitment into massage parlors. In fact, researchers and law enforcement officers suggest that most Korean women working in U.S. massage parlors were once married to GIs. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 515

Categorization

• QUESTION: The chain of US base presence to US domestic sex trafficking via GI marriages is a striking causal link worth verifying with primary sources.
• SEED: A domestic-trade-angle story: US bases abroad feeding trafficking networks that land in American cities — a reverse current rarely discussed.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 515