https://www.startribune.com/several-men-arrested-in-bloomington-prostitution-sting/600260359/

I read that law enforcement asked those caught to lead them to known providers. The press conference also indicated that the operation was a multi-step program.

Seems like they're coming down on sex workers, through their johns, but not under aged or trafficking.

I'm going by what the media has mentioned. A public motel gross misdemeanor is five years in prison and a ten grand fine. But still, guys everywhere go to public Hotels.

24 "johns" responded to a fake add.  3 of them had weapons. 1 was wanted on a felony charge. Not a bad day for the Bloomington police.  The worst thing about this is that--to my knowledge--none of those arrested were politicians, police officers or clergy.

The prevailing ideology is that all sex workers are victims because there is no way anyone would freely choose to be a sex worker.  So, they want to arrest the providers to help them.

I tried to post last night on this but rejected.  Hotel(s) or ad(s)?

..."He said he hoped the men arrested could point police to real sex workers whose services they sought in the past and who may be trafficking victims."

Did your post have an article linked with names/photos. Those will be rejected.

Local police agencies were probably awarded funding from the Federal Government to curb human trafficking. In order to maintain funding, local agencies probably need to present ROI data to the Federal Government.  
This bust aimed for Johns who responded to a legally aged person. Wish law enforcement put more effort going after real human trafficking, carjackers, violent offenders, loiterers, outstanding warrants, and reckless drivers.  

My post was removed too. I included a link to the story though. I wasn't aware my link included a video where the Police Chief listed off the Johns.

Bingo, that's what is exactually happening! Broaden the ring out further with a higher catch

My guess is they are trying to find something bigger, like the Thai group that was busted in multi-state federal investigation.  I would love to see the ad they used.  They could easily post and add showing a semi-attractive Asian girl and the phone would start ringing.  

But the johns will only be busting providers that agreed to see them - who were also unscreened, of course, which, once again, is why smart people only see ladies who screen. The cops don't screen. Screening is the best protection against something like this.

I'm sorry, but the line that cops won't ask for PII is getting old.  It's been said so many times that mongers should just take it for granted that if they're asked to send a pick of their ID or share soc media links, it's for the good of all involved and most likely above board.  

I think that 99% of CLIENTS who have gone to the trouble of sending a provider their personal info and have received a great service in return, will NOT be jumping at the opportunity to see an un-reveiwed pro. Mongers, maybe, but I don't see mongers, so your info is safe with me.

That's a huge leap and you didn't quite make it across the creek...

I'm sure these guys were busted before they entered the room, and here's why. The media said around 200 inquiries in two days, so LE had to pick out the easiest. This might work under MN law; in many states, it does. I've seen this often with escorts; they might be doing it because the info is on their site etc., and they want to avoid playing with carrots. They will not quote any rate by inquiries.  

If law enforcement  wanted known providers couldnt they just open up Tryst or Eros or Sumosear on their web browsers?

Nobody gets a 5 yr sentence in these cases as this is a misdeameanor offense. Fine, and some mandatory sex trafficking lecture is generally the sentence.  Your grandmother sounds like a sailor .  

I attempted to send you a PM on this but for some reason it was blocked.  So, 3 questions I have for you;

I really don't know but I've seen a hell of a lot of talk about public places, felonies etc.  What I do know is how LE operates as well as busted perps scared AF with ONE thought in their minds...how can I get out of this?  The guys with all of their faculties intact will stfu and lawyer up but many others will THINK they see an escape door by fully cooperating.

It's early morning, so I hope this is readable. Remember, there have been prostitution legal seminars before. Local lawyers have been arrested in stings. They will say a few things since it was in a public hotel ( Section 609.324, subd. 2. They will try for a gross misdemeanor if they have had a prior conviction within two years. There is a good chance that most guys in this situation have had one. Often, LE will throw in a text: "oh hey, I'm 15 y.o., is that ok? Usually, that comes at the end; I call that the hook....Felony. Sometimes LE will try Loitering with the Intent to Participate in Prostitution (Public Places) A "loitering with intent" crime often rests upon:
subjective interpretations of others' behavior (prone to bias),
a series of speculations,
to presume the other person's "intent."
The "loitering" term covers the lack of any actual prohibited act or any act.

has a public database of daily arrest records.  At this time, there's a bus load of guys listed alleged to have contacted sex services for hire.  Full names, age, addresses etc.  

There is video of one guy who came in with a gift outfit for the decoy to wear. Not a good day at all. By they way, if you agree to a massage why is that not legal? If you do not agree to pay for play then legally I am not sure what they can charge.

I'm guessing law enforcement could use the cooperating John as a tool. Since the John is already verified with providers, the cooperating John can easily get through the screening process and collect evidence for the city/county attorney.  This scenario happened years ago to shut down a prostitution ring in Boston if I recall correctly. The cooperating John helped take down an organization to protect his own life.  I'm sure many Johns would do the same if their job/family/name was on the line.

I think that the law was changed some time ago about public spaces and prostitution. Cars, malls, Hotels/motels, and others... it's a  Gross Misdemeanor now. 469.125, subdivision 4

That said, agencies/groups are easy targets whenever law enforcement and government attorneys are hungry. Government agencies aren't going to spend a bunch of taxpayer funds to take down an independent provider.

I always thought that there would have to be an exchange P4P before they could arrest. What is weird is I have a female friend that ran a real therapeutic massage place, no nookie. A guy comes in one day; he's never been to one. He didn't know that you take your clothes off like most therapeutic massage places. So the therapist massaged his glutes, who doesn't like that, lower back, etc., where much of our pain is. He screams that she is trying to touch his dick. He goes over to the cop station, which was like two blocks. They investigated her for prostitution...they sent a cop undercover, and nothing happened. I liked this place so much (best therapists) that I would give massage gift cards as tips.  

That's part of why someone in that situation should always lawyer-up.  LE wants you to admit to something.  Don't say something to convict yourself.

I spent some time looking into the matter this evening and from what I have found from the 2022 Minnesota statutes and some other reading is the max penalty here would be a year in jail and a $3K fine and probably substantially less for a 1st offense.  Of course, I am no lawyer so I could easily be wrong.

Perhaps the guy who tried to pull his gun out wanted to rob the provider he thought he was going to see.

I saw it somewhere; the first offense was lower, but the second one went up in a certain amount of time. I thought I saw an older news article, and it was about another prostitution law. He wanted the penalty to be like ten years for the second offense. There was talk about having that offense on your ID or driver's license...damn

Has anyone seem the photos of the men ?? Half of them looked like that wanted to Intentionally harm someone or had semi ill Intensions while the other half just looked like they didn't know what they were doing , wrong time , wrong place  

Miss Rain, they are probably 75% of the time; they are what you described. But over the years, there have been a few that I saw that was "higher up," let's say, one guy was even on the news. They showed his face...Aholes media

I want to say that nothing I've said in this thread is secret or inside information. The old saying is. With the internet these days, almost all information is on the net. It comes to you, and this stuff flies through the air; they send this information "beamed" out over the f*cking place; you just got to know how to grab it. LOL. Maybe not that easy. Maybe some people talk too

About time. hope this will scare off all the old Chinese ladies from ever coming back.

1. I delete all incriminating evidence and code / protect / hide my contacts as best as possible.  
2. I can't speak for other providers.  
3. Unfortunately Adults*arch and the Sumo (never heard of that one) and many other sites vacuum up our ads and post them without our knowledge and so we have no control over that, which really sucks.

So, it's quite reasonable to assume when your email gets hacked, all (yes, even the "deleted") the data is there to be harvested by a hacker who's next trick will be reappearing as an extortionist.  I was hoping you had said at minimum, spending the $5=$10/month for a VPN which would dramatically reduce the odds of this happening.  

Jeannie, I think none of us would ever want to be charged 609.322. Most of it concerns Promotion, not just an escort or client. Examples:

The situations above are some advice from my lawyer and what could happen to anybody on both sides if somebody decides to come down hard on you if you get into trouble; I was not thinking of these before he told me.

I do remember that case; it was a huge uproar at the time.  LE wanted to bring the hammer down on the ringleader because he used to work as an attorney in the DA's office but he also had a severe physical disability that made putting him in prison not feasible because of the constant care he needed.  He kept thumbing his nose at the DA's office and violating the terms of his parole.  Last I heard they confined him to a some sort of state run medical facility and wouldn't let him have any device that could access the internet.