Time Line - Macon Asian Massage Parlors (AMPs)
July 17, 2003: Four women arrested on prostitution-related charges at a Macon AMP
June 2004: Erick Erickson blogs about the “proliferation” of AMPs in Macon on RedState.com
Aug. 7, 2006: Massage parlor legislation fails to pass in City Council
Aug. 9, 2006: Macon Telegraph editorial mentions “Asian women have been brought to the U.S. and forced to work under conditions for which they didn't originally agree.”
June 9, 2007: Six women arrested on prostitution-related charges at two Macon AMPs
Mid March, 2008: Mercer FYS students start talking about sex trafficking in Macon
April 3–4, 2008: Mercer students attend “Combating Sex Trafficking” conference in NC
Late April, 2008: Mercer students start working on forming official campus organization, STOP
June 2008: Chris Horne publishes piece about visiting AMP in 11th Hour (Macon alt-mag)
June 13, 2008: Georgia Public Radio airs a segment on Macon massage parlors
June 27, 2008: Macon police and Bibb County deputies arrest 13 women at eight AMPs
June 27-July 1, 2008: STOP appears on all three broadcast news stations
July 1, 2008: STOP petitions the City Council to develop local ordinances to fight sex trafficking Mayor announces he is working on legislation to regulate massage parlors.
July 15-17, 2008: Macon police arrest 12 women at five massage parlors.
July 20, 2008: Mayor exclaims to newspaper that passing ordinance will be harder than expected
Aug. 13, 2008: Investigation at a massage parlor leads to one arrest
Aug. 15, 2008: Thirty Macon police receive training on human trafficking
March 19-20, 2009: Mercer holds “Stop Sex Trafficking Conference” with over 700 attendees
April 23, 2009: Two women arrested during spa raid
Oct. 20, 2009: Anti-Trafficking resolution presented by Junior League to City Council
Oct. 29, 2009: Investigation at seven massage parlors leads to three arrests
Nov. 16, 2009: Organizing meeting for faith-based organizations against sex trafficking
Nov. 17, 2009: Two men indicted for sex slavery (not involving AMPs)
Dec. 1, 2009: Sex trafficking task force meets with city attorney to discuss massage ordinance