Beauregard stands with Police Chief Scott McNamara and other city officials and advocates to talk about the city's efforts to crack down on human trafficking on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. City of MethuenFour Methuen spas that city officials suspected of being fronts for human trafficking operations have abandoned their buildings in the wake of a crackdown on sex trafficking at bodywork businesses this week, officials said Thursday. Four others were closed by city officials in recent days, and a fifth shut down last month — bringing the number of spas closed amid the city’s efforts to nine. “Just one week ago, there were nine bodyworks businesses in Methuen with suspected human trafficking activity,” Methuen Mayor D.J. Four more Methuen bodyworks businesses — which were not identified by officials on Thursday — closed on their own, according to officials.