Around the country, massage schools in towns large and small are suspected of ties to the illicit massage industry, a billion-dollar black market in the U.S. built to sell sex. A monthslong USA TODAY investigation uncovered two dozen schools with connections to either prostitution or fraud, or both.⁠ ⁠ 🔗 More on the story through the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ Illustration of a massage school sign and table by Andrea Brunty, USA TODAY Network, and Getty Images