Both the New York Times and my local newspaper had front page articles which were little more than diatribes against AMPs flaying them only from LE perspective as the worst of the worst of organized crime.

People need to stay safe and not go to any MPs until things calm down a bit.    

Things are likely to get a lot worse before they get worse.

in the landscape on the West coast as well.  Storefront AMP's are highly visible and therefore, more vulnerable, so a lot of them are closing down.  OTOH, the AAMP (2 girls sharing a two bed/2 bath apartment in a huge complex) model is flourishing.  Many new orgs have appeared on the scene, and many of those are staffed with Chinese girls.  

 
The flow of Kgirls  going to the US to work, after slowing down when CV and TER shut down in the US, is increasing of late.  There are many new Kgirl agencies starting up to handle the increased volume, so competition is keen and has kept rates from rising, except for top tier girls, who are now at $300, so its a good time to be a monger.  The ones that have been around are using password protected sites now and asking mongers not to share the access code.  When there is a breach of security, they change the password, and BL the source of the breach, if they know who it is.  It could very well be cause and effect that more agencies are setting up shop as the focus is more on security now.  

 
As a result of better security, it really sucks to be a new guy trying to break into the Kgirl scene.  The only viable place for new guys to get a foothold is an agency that vets through your employment, and many guys don't want to do that, so they remain on the outside outside looking in.