that they should go after the “real” human traffickers, but since the new “trafficking victims protection act” the feds are using it beyond the best intentions.
Part of the problem also is the word "trafficking". The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) was passed unanimously by the House and Senate. Under this law, trafficking is defined as ALL commercial sex including private adult consenting sexwork. If its forced its defined as "extreme trafficking". But there are huge amount of Fed funds going to local LE as well as an extension of the Mann Act definitions early which target in private consenting adults under the definition of what sounds so bad "trafficking" when its private and legal again in almost all the world with no big issues except in the U.S.
SEC. 204. ENHANCING STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS provides grants to state and local law enforcement agencies to "investigate and prosecute persons who engage in the purchase of commercial sex acts... to investigate and prosecute acts of severe forms of trafficking in persons, and related offenses, to educate persons charged with, or convicted of, purchasing or attempting to purchase commercial sex acts; to educate and train law enforcement personnel in how to establish trust of persons subjected to trafficking and encourage cooperation with prosecution efforts. DEFINITION- In this subsection, the term `related offenses' includes violations of tax laws, transacting in illegally derived proceeds, money laundering, racketeering, and other violations of criminal laws committed in connection with an act of sex trafficking or a severe form of trafficking in persons.
Now the DOD has made using the service of a prostitute a crime according to military law (UCMJ). Even if the service man goes and sees an escort where it is legal!
I would like to see how far are they really going to go with this?
WASHINGTON DC -- One midwestern senator is pushing the IRS to attack pimps and sex traffickers with the same vigor previously used on savage gangster Al Capone.
Senator Charles Grassley, chairman of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, wants the Internal Revenue Service to chase after pimps and sex traffickers.
Grassley, R-Iowa, would hit pimps with fines and lengthy prison sentences for failing to file employment forms and withhold taxes for the women and girls under their command.
The proposal would make certain tax crimes a felony when the money comes from a criminal activity. A one-year prison sentence and $25,000 fine would become a 10-year sentence and $50,000 fine for each employment form that a pimp or sex trafficker fails to file.
Grassley planned to propose the penalties on Wednesday.
"The thugs who run these trafficking rings are exploiting society's poorest girls and women for personal gain,'' Grassley said. "The IRS goes after drug traffickers. It can go after sex traffickers.''
Michael Horowitz, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, said the change has the potential to put pimps out of business without difficult trials that require women to testify to abuse and mistreatment.
"We need to simply treat the pimps and massage parlor operators the way we would treat anybody who takes the proceeds of a customer transaction from somebody and then gives a fraction of it back,'' he said.
Under tax law, that relationship makes the pimp an employer, requiring the filing of a wage statement and the withholding of payroll taxes, including Social Security.
Grassley envisions creating an office inside the Internal Revenue Service to prosecute sex traffickers for violating tax laws. The office would get $2 million to get started, and it would be allowed to keep a portion of the taxes it collects.
The IRS work is intended to build on efforts under way to curb worldwide trafficking. The Justice Department, collaborating with U.S. attorneys offices nationwide, would identify pimps and sex traffickers and refer them to the IRS.
Grassley also wants to change the IRS whistleblower program to allow the girls and women to participate.
If the IRS goes after pimps and sex traffickers for tax offenses now, it conducts lengthy audits of their lifestyles in order to estimate their incomes from illegal activities and determine taxes due.
I think they are trying to protect young girls from third world countries being forced into prostitution. I think that's a good thing.
that they should go after the “real” human traffickers, but since the new “trafficking victims protection act” the feds are using it beyond the best intentions.
Part of the problem also is the word "trafficking". The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) was passed unanimously by the House and Senate. Under this law, trafficking is defined as ALL commercial sex including private adult consenting sexwork. If its forced its defined as "extreme trafficking". But there are huge amount of Fed funds going to local LE as well as an extension of the Mann Act definitions early which target in private consenting adults under the definition of what sounds so bad "trafficking" when its private and legal again in almost all the world with no big issues except in the U.S.
SEC. 204. ENHANCING STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS provides grants to state and local law enforcement agencies to "investigate and prosecute persons who engage in the purchase of commercial sex acts... to investigate and prosecute acts of severe forms of trafficking in persons, and related offenses, to educate persons charged with, or convicted of, purchasing or attempting to purchase commercial sex acts; to educate and train law enforcement personnel in how to establish trust of persons subjected to trafficking and encourage cooperation with prosecution efforts. DEFINITION- In this subsection, the term `related offenses' includes violations of tax laws, transacting in illegally derived proceeds, money laundering, racketeering, and other violations of criminal laws committed in connection with an act of sex trafficking or a severe form of trafficking in persons.
Now the DOD has made using the service of a prostitute a crime according to military law (UCMJ). Even if the service man goes and sees an escort where it is legal!
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