Human Trafficking sounds like a great excuse for prosecuting victimless crimes, aka prostitution. How wonderful that SLED keeps these women from earning a living by doing something a lot of men apparently are willing to pay for.
To “I Call BS” – Sometimes prostitution is consensual, and really how is that different that two people “hooking up” after meeting at a bar or on a “dating” site?
But then there is the non-victimless prostitution, and I think the police should focus on the “business owners” and clients, and help the workers with other options:
“Recent arrivals” who are promised a legitimate job, then have their passports, IDs, etc. held and are forced to perform sex acts to pay for housing or to pay off smugglers who brought them here.
Drug addicts forced by drug dealers or pimps to sell themselves for drugs.
Teens who meet a “boyfriend” (often online) who then manipulates and abuses them, and forces them to be sold for sex or used in pornography.
Maybe FitsNews can follow up with some info on the “working conditions” at these massage parlors. Curious how many included living quarters (meaning the “workers” aren’t going home). That combined with many being open are open 12+ hours, seven days/week is a sign that “workers” are not free to leave.
Hopefully Spartanburg County follows suit on investigating the massage parlors in that county. Based on past inaction and prior “issues” years ago with investigating houses of prostitution, I doubt it, but it’s an election year, so….
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Human Trafficking sounds like a great excuse for prosecuting victimless crimes, aka prostitution. How wonderful that SLED keeps these women from earning a living by doing something a lot of men apparently are willing to pay for.
To “I Call BS” – Sometimes prostitution is consensual, and really how is that different that two people “hooking up” after meeting at a bar or on a “dating” site?
But then there is the non-victimless prostitution, and I think the police should focus on the “business owners” and clients, and help the workers with other options:
“Recent arrivals” who are promised a legitimate job, then have their passports, IDs, etc. held and are forced to perform sex acts to pay for housing or to pay off smugglers who brought them here.
Drug addicts forced by drug dealers or pimps to sell themselves for drugs.
Teens who meet a “boyfriend” (often online) who then manipulates and abuses them, and forces them to be sold for sex or used in pornography.
Maybe FitsNews can follow up with some info on the “working conditions” at these massage parlors. Curious how many included living quarters (meaning the “workers” aren’t going home). That combined with many being open are open 12+ hours, seven days/week is a sign that “workers” are not free to leave.
Hopefully Spartanburg County follows suit on investigating the massage parlors in that county. Based on past inaction and prior “issues” years ago with investigating houses of prostitution, I doubt it, but it’s an election year, so….