26 Women Rescued In Seattle Human Trafficking Bust
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Source: CBS News
Seattle police said they rescued 26 women after a three-and-a-half-year human trafficking investigation into massage parlors across the city. After receiving dozens of complaints, police investigated 11 businesses and arrested six people for promoting prostitution and money laundering.
The victims, who are originally from China, were between the ages of 20 and 60. Police said they were forced to work 20 hour days, seven days a week in unsafe living conditions. They said the victims were often monitored under video surveillance and followed by the suspected organizers.
"The victims were lured to the United States with the promise of legal employment and making money to better their lives," said Deputy Chief Marc Garthgreen, CBS affiliate KIRO reported. The victims have been united with local service providers who are assessing their needs for food, transportation, medical assistance and living arrangements.
Human trafficking of girls in particular "on the rise," U.N. warns. The FBI and Department of Homeland Security assisted the Seattle Police Department with the investigation.
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pnwmom
(109,020 posts)appalachiablue
(41,184 posts)samnsara
(17,651 posts)....good job...
Squinch
(51,059 posts)good careers for whom prostitution is a fun hobby. I've been told that trafficking is just a tiny sliver of the prostitution industry. I've been told that all those studies that show that legalization increases trafficking are just wrong, and arrests of traffickers infringe on the rights of all those people who choose prostitution because they found law school boring.
All those poor johns and all the poor women and children who freely choose prostitution! All of their rights are being infringed! Oh, the humanity!
sybylla
(8,528 posts)Human trafficking, whether it's labor trafficking, as this article suggests, or sex trafficking, is modern day slavery and nothing to dismiss with a snark no matter your intended target.
I get the frustration. But these are very clearly two different things.
Squinch
(51,059 posts)sybylla
(8,528 posts)I couldn't tell by your post if it was ignorance vs. beligerance or maybe both. Thought I'd try to help out.
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Squinch
(51,059 posts)Whaddaya say?
Farmer-Rick
(10,219 posts)I wonder if those Chinese patents in massage parlors and escort services that she has are some of these poor women?
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)WhiteTara
(29,729 posts)I was thinking, a small number.
FakeNoose
(32,833 posts)How long does it take law enforcement to "investigate" these places? How many local residents need to file complaints before something is finally done?
sybylla
(8,528 posts)They are often told if they do, they or their families will be in danger.
The best thing to do is for you to report a business you suspect of trafficking to organizations like UMOS, who will investigate in ways that protect the victims, then help them after the government shuts the business down.
FakeNoose
(32,833 posts)It was the people who live in that area who filed the complaints. Every town has zoning ordinances and nobody wants that type of business around where their kids are going to see it. The town police knew what was going on there, they just pretended it wasn't happening. Or maybe they took bribes to look the other way.
DirtEdonE
(1,220 posts)This does seem to be the gop's side hustle.
LakeArenal
(28,863 posts)DirtEdonE
(1,220 posts)of brainwashed magats.
Maxheader
(4,374 posts)so sad..
WhiteTara
(29,729 posts)I wonder how much trump made off those women.