Shows the stupidity of operating a high volume house in a residential neighborhood. They should have been out in a strip mall on the outskirts of some sleepy town which is where most of the more successful AMPs do their business
It has been reported that the proprietor of and Allston whorehouse has been arrested. I will not mention any personal identifying information or link to that information on this post. I visited here on several occasions and enjoyed the women I met there, for the most part.
First of all, I doubt this really involves "human trafficking". I don't think that anyone was involuntarily forced into sexual servitude. I'm sure they came to the US fully knowing what they were being brought for. The $500,000 bail is absurd compared to other such cases.
That being said, it was a pretty obvious place, and responses to the BP ads clearly indicated the address. It's interesting that she took the condoms, etc and disposed of them at a different location.
I don't think that there will be any direct evidence that sex was being sold. They can always claim that they were providing massages (Does anybody remember years ago when a Somerville cat house avoided conviction when they claimed they were just giving fetish services?) Absent any threat of legal prosecution, I doubt that any happy clients would be willing to testify against them in court. The proprietors could always claim that they had no idea what was going on behind closed doors. I think that other providers have avoided prosecution by working from hotels and no direct meetings with the Madam.
Frankly, I like clean whorehouses with a choice of playmates. They also posted real pictures of the girls.
I think this will come to nothing besides lots of legal fees. Wish the government would stop interfering with private, consensual behavior between adults.
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Shows the stupidity of operating a high volume house in a residential neighborhood. They should have been out in a strip mall on the outskirts of some sleepy town which is where most of the more successful AMPs do their business
According to the most recent trafficking legislation, if no adult man or woman is trafficking me, I am being trafficked by those who live off my ill-gotten gains.
(You can tell because my kitten wears a ton of bling. Pink fake rhinestone collar with bell and brass ID tag...)
If no person is trafficking me, according to the law, I am trafficking myself. Let's all move to New Zealand, shit is ridiculous.
The trafficking law as written is an insult, it implies that adult women have no freewill. I certainly feel bad for women who are actually being trafficked, but the idea that [i]all[/i] women involved in this business are being trafficked is just ridiculous. As hard as it is for these politicians to understand, some of us do actually choose to do this of our own freewill.
Prostitution laws in general are an affront to women's rights. It's my body, I should be free to give it to whomever I choose, for whatever reasons I choose. Women have always used sex to get what they want throughout history, but if I use it to get money [i]that's[/i] wrong? Why? If I have sex with a guy who buys me dinner, that's ok. But if I just take the cash instead, that's wrong?
I realize I'm just preaching to the choir here, but this topic really gets me worked up sometimes. Sorry for the rant.
I hear what you are saying , Jenna . You are confident and fully into your occupation . You are accepting of it as most of these women are on this site for however long they choose to be doing this . But , you were (are still being ?) groomed and are being trafficked . Trafficking is not limited to the inner city or ethnicities .
I find this a bizarre point of view to take, given where it's being expressed. Am I being trafficked, too? Gosh, they forgot to tell me. Maybe it's being done by ESP? Please explain.
If independent escorts who are happy and healthy in their work (I know this is a hard concept for some to wrap their head around) are in fact trafficking victims, that makes you, the hobbyist, a terrible, cruel person. And that part of this dialogue (in general) makes me sick. They're certainly not all diamonds, but the most of my clients are the nicest guys you could ever hope to meet.
I wish the laws were more nuanced to reflect the difference between people who are truly being trafficked against their will and through coercion and those who are not. I like the fact there are laws to protect the vulnerable--some of the stories are horrific--but there's a huge spectrum and there's no reason for women who just want to pay some bills should be put through a legal wringer. I don't think anybody wants to downplay the trouble trafficking does, but the laws are one-size-fits-all.
Honestly, a legalized and regulated environment would provide more safety than harsh punishment.
Very well said. The hypocrisy of it all is maddening... that being said there are pimps and women in bad positions in their life that are being exploited but unfortunately LE cast too big a net and it entangles willing adults.
Prostitution laws in general are an affront to women's rights. It's my body, I should be free to give it to whomever I choose, for whatever reasons I choose. Women have always used sex to get what they want throughout history, but if I use it to get money [i]that's[/i] wrong? Why? If I have sex with a guy who buys me dinner, that's ok. But if I just take the cash instead, that's wrong?
I realize I'm just preaching to the choir here, but this topic really gets me worked up sometimes. Sorry for the rant.
Compare the life of working as a sex-worker here in the US with the life they otherwise would have back home in some fire-trap of a garment gulag (Where, incidentally, sexual abuse runs rampant.) and there is no comparison. These gals consider themselves blessed to be here. (Their own admission to me after I have gotten to know a few Korean gals fairly well.)
No one seems to get their panties in a wad about the cheap clothing at Walmart which is the fruit of that exploitation
Let me preface this by saying the link made by politicians and law enforcement between free will prostitution and human trafficking is wrong. I completely disagree with organizations like Demand Abolition. A person should have complete control over their bodies and what they choose to do with it. I'll happily make a donation towards your college loan or new pair of Louboutins in exchange for companionship.
However, it's ignorant to suggest that trafficking doesn't exist in Boston and people aren't having their bodies used against their will. In this case, even if only one of the girls in this house was being forced to have sex, and this law saves them, then I'm all for it.
Back to my question for both ladies and gentleman...
If you were forced to have your body used for sex against your will (yes guys, including performing oral or anal with another man) would you want to be saved?
and the best way to ensure that is to make sure I can report such activity without any legal threat.
The status quo ensures continued exploitation.
I hope nothing can be proved. But this will be costly for the defendants. One of the girls had worked for someone else in MA. They were free to choose who to work for. Another girl had told me the next time she came she was going to opt to work only 6 days a week. Also the girls were free to and did go out to the local bars to relax after hours. This whole "trafficing" charge is BS.
Little NH just got a federal grant to fight 'trafficking'.
http://www.concordmonitor.com/NH-gets-$1-3-million-grant-to-combat-human-trafficking-6742972
Recall the recent 'drug busts' of two Ninety year old people growing a single pot plant in Massachusetts a month before it was legalized? (One in Amherst, MA; the other on MV.)
Your tax dollars at work. Many will be arrested, there will be press, they may find one person actually being trafficked.
http://www.mvtimes.com/2016/07/27/feds-snatch-islanders-medical-marijuana-plants/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/07/drug-cops-raid-an-81-year-old-grandmothers-garden-to-take-out-a-single-marijuana-plant/?utm_term=.dc0716c11dda