Thursday, May 2, 2013

Sex traffickers busted


From NBC New York:

Federal agents raided four brothels in New York and arrested 13 people in an alleged sex trafficking and prostitution ring dating back to 2008, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said the suspects exploited dozens of women, trafficking some from Mexico to New York, to force them to work as sex slaves.

NBC 4 New York cameras captured the raid on one of the brothels in Yonkers Tuesday. Search warrants were also executed at brothels in Queens, Poughkeepsie and Newburgh.

The criminal complaint alleges the suspects lured women to the U.S. by engaging them in romantic relationships and promising a better life in New York. Once they arrived, the victims were forced to work as prostitutes under "abhorrent conditions," often subject to abuse and threatened with harm to them and their family members

In a typical day, a Mexican sex trafficking victim in New York had sexual intercourse with 20 to 30 customers, with each customer usually paying about $30 to $35 for 15 minutes of sex, according to authorities.

Of that money, half typically went to either the driver who took the victim to the client or to the residential brothel where the woman worked. The other half went to the victim, who was then typically forced to turn over all the money to the trafficker.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mexicans?
Sounds to me like Corona, Queens.

Then there's Floo-shing,
which abounds in the Oriental sex trade.
"Massagee, massagee, massagee"!

Has the heat been turned up there?

No doubt...Peter Koo knows where some of these brothels are located...but he ain't doing squat.

So does the 109th PCT.
But the officers get their "perks" and leave them alone. It made the headlines about 5 years ago.

A. Jawin said...

Way to go, HSI! 13 alleged traffickers arrested? I guess the Tribune has to find a new publisher again.

Jon Torodash said...

Justice makes its way. Slowly, but it makes its way...

Anonymous said...

The demand for these services is not going to go away. Best option is to legalize and regulate it, but it bothers some people too much to think about consenting adults behind closed doors to even allow the discussion of the issue.

Anonymous said...

I agree. Legalize it. Create a red light district...
with medical examinations and IRS tax forms for the sex workers.

At least then the brothel owners will pay their fair share of taxes... instead of engaging in a criminal tax free underground cash economy.

Anonymous said...

And mayor bloomdick claims that "illegals have low crime rates"! If they have a low crime rate then I'm the Queen of England!!