A nationwide crackdown on child prostitution rescued eight children in Seattle and one in Everett - more than any other metropolitan area in the United States.
"It's big problem here ... not just in Washington, but the entire country," says Robbie Burroughs of the FBI's Seattle office.
More child prostitutes were found in the Puget Sound region than in Cleveland, which had seven, and New York City, with five. The youngest victim nationwide was just 10 years old. In Seattle, the youngest was 14.
"Anybody who lives in our state or in this country should be concerned that our children are being recruited into this kind of life and being exploited through prostitution," Burroughs says.
The FBI won't comment specifically on the nine children - except to point out that, generally speaking, they're targeted on the Internet and at shopping malls.
The pimps look for young people with low self-esteem or possible drug abuse -- and that's when they move in and seize the opportunity.
Eileen Corcoran, a former child prostitute who has now cleaned up her life, told KOMO News that many of the girls are lured into that kind of life with no idea how it will all end up.
"These girls are pushed out there on a daily basis with no idea the first time going out there, what they're venturing into," she says. "The life I got to was behind heroin, and I never thought I would do the things I did to chase my drug."
She got clean 10 years ago with the help of counseling, and turned her life around. Now she rescues other child prostitutes. She started a nonprofit organization called RISE, for Rising Above Sexual Exploitation.
She says many of the girls want fast money.
"They want to have the nice clothes and find new friends and they want to feel like they're a part of something,' she says. "But what they don't know is that they're going to become a part of something that is very very dangerous."
Officials say Washington is considered a source state, meaning there have been juvenile prostitutes that have been found in other areas in California and Arizona.
As part of the operation, Seattle and Everett police arrested and charged four pimps and 23 adult prostitutes.
The children themselves are getting help. Some of the girls will be put back into stable family situations. Others, who don't have that support, will be helped by state agencies.A nationwide crackdown on child prostitution rescued eight children in Seattle and one... more
A Philadelphia woman was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly posted an ad on Craigslist offering to perform sex acts in exchange for World Series tickets, MyFoxPhilly reported.
Susan Finkelstein, 43, was charged with prostitution and related offenses after police say she advertised herself as a buxom, blond, die-hard Phillies fan who was desperately seeking World Series tickets and would have sex to get them.
--------------------------------------------------
Now that's a fan!A Philadelphia woman was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly posted an ad on... more
Criminal, social and health policies have tried to control the selling of sex. Its nature, characteristics, organizational structures, and the way it operates in contemporary society have been explained by three leading experts with 20 years of experience in the field.
Prostitution: Sex Work, Policy and Politics, covers all key areas common to the study of the female sex industry as well as male and transgender sex works and exploitation of young people.Criminal, social and health policies have tried to control the selling of sex. Its... more
A judge in Chicago has thrown out a lawsuit aimed at removing prostitution off the craigslist website
"A woman advertising erotic dancing for male clients is offering an adult service, yet this is not prostitution," said the judge in his 31 page opinion adding the ads ""might even be entitled to some limited protection under the First Amendment"
On the other hand the prosecutor Dart said. "This came after two years and hundreds of arrests off of the Web site, and many of the arrests involve juveniles and human trafficking.
i didn't just wake up on morning and say im gonna sue craigslist"
Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster said through a spokeswoman: "We welcome Judge Grady's decision on this matter."A judge in Chicago has thrown out a lawsuit aimed at removing prostitution off the... more
Four years ago, Steven Levitt, University of Chicago economist, and Stephen Dubner, a New York Magazine writer, got together to write what they thought would be a small, interesting book that would come, inform and charm a few people, then go out of circulation. But "Freakonomics" not only stayed on top of the bestseller list for two years but changed the way many people thought about the world - how to see and solve problems.
(Simon, S., 2009, October 2009, par.1-2)
The authors have now made use of their widening prominence to learn and consider a whole new slew of issues in a way that may fundamentally upset conventional thinking, and that's the point of what they do.
(Simon, S., 2009, October 2009, par.3)
[details at the link....]
[image: freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com]Four years ago, Steven Levitt, University of Chicago economist, and Stephen Dubner, a... more
She doesn't want to be identified, except by her nickname "Sze," and she has a secret past. Her father doesn't know what she did as a 16-year-old, and she hopes he never finds out. But Sze, now 19, wants young girls to hear her story so they never make the same mistake.
Most girls who engage in compensated dating don't view themselves as prostitutes, a social worker says.
"My first customer was an ordinary man in his 40s. We skipped the dinner part and went straight to the guest house for sex," Sze recalled. "Actually, I was a bit scared, but I knew this was the only way I could get money. This customer wasn't bad, though. We just had sex, he paid, and then he left. I thought this was easy money, and that's why I continued doing this kind of thing."
Read and Discuss...She doesn't want to be identified, except by her nickname "Sze," and she has a secret... more
Two people charged with operating an interstate prostitution ring that drew clients to hotel rooms supposedly being used by a bogus airline have pleaded guilty.
Marianna Sedlak, 40, and Kelli Kaylor, 23, both pleaded guilty to transporting and causing the transportation in interstate commerce with the intent that the individual engage in prostitution, persuading and enticing an individual to engage in interstate travel for the purpose of prostitution, and conspiracy.
They face up to 35 years in prison and $750,000 in fines.
The women who applied were required to have sex with Roger Sedlak, who rated their performance and determined their willingness to work as prostitutes and engage in various sex acts, prosecutors said.
Sedlak then masqueraded as an executive of a non-existent airline, CQ Air, and rented rooms under the guise of airline business when the rooms were actually being used as meeting points for the prostitutes and the clients, according to prosecutors.
The Sedlaks and Kaylor, of Illinois, scheduled the trysts at hotels near Harrisburg and unidentified locations in other states, prosecutors said. Clients gave the Sedlaks personal information online that allowed them to see the women who were available.
Prosecutors said Kaylor became involved in the operation in January, first as a ''scheduler,'' then as a prostitute.Two people charged with operating an interstate prostitution ring that drew clients to... more
If she could do it herself, Terri-Jean Bedford would strike down Canada's prostitution laws, perhaps using the riding crop she plans to bring to court.
Instead, the Toronto dominatrix and two other sex workers have launched a sweeping constitutional challenge to the legislation, arguing it perpetuates violence against women.
The 49-year-old Toronto grandmother, along with prostitutes Valerie Scott, 51, and Amy Lebovitch, 30, is asking Ontario's Superior Court of Justice to invalidate Criminal Code provisions that serve as Canada's policy response to the world's oldest profession.
They argue that prohibitions on keeping a common bawdy house, communicating for the purposes of prostitution and living on the avails of the trade force them from the safety of their homes to the insecurity of the street, where they are exposed to physical and psychological violence.
But the women are battling a fortress of opposition from the federal government, as well as religious and conservative groups intervening in the case.If she could do it herself, Terri-Jean Bedford would strike down Canada's prostitution... more
Yes, she calls again and this time claims that Fantasy's owner Mike Comberger told her to call me. Mike Comberger is a narc that is allowed to run an escort/prostitution agency, do drugs, whatever he likes. He even ran me down with his car in front of many witnesses, Deanna Bradley showed up, the file was buried and he was never arrested or charged. Again, she can't get us to provide her with illegal entertainment.Yes, she calls again and this time claims that Fantasy's owner Mike Comberger told her... more
Yes, she is trying to get us to book an illegal escort/prostitute. We tell her that we don't do escorts and we don't do prostitution. Yet, she calls again and then has a friend call to get a stripper for six girls. We then send a guy, it's just her, and she proceeds for an hour and a half to seduce and try her best to set him up. It doesn't work but they arrest him anyway, alter the audio so it can't be heard, and lie on the stand to set him up. Then, they come after me. I fix the audio and do some surveillance of my own and prove they are trying to set me up because I know they murdered Deborah Wardlaw. The case is dropped but not after costing me everything I own. Deborah Wardlaw owned an escort agency and was going to go to the media about vice members who had been extorting escort agencies for years.Yes, she is trying to get us to book an illegal escort/prostitute. We tell her that we... more
In Lexington, Kentucky you must get authorized by a special department at the police station before you can get your license. He was called into a room, asked a bunch of questions and told they would not give it to him because he knows me and they have ongoing investigations into me, Christopher Alan Hignite.In Lexington, Kentucky you must get authorized by a special department at the police... more
This is a good example of how we talk and book entertainment for American Dream Talent. It makes no sense that we would act this way and book this type of entertainment and yet the police claim we never have done this in court. Well, yes it does. They know what we do but tried to set us up and even altered evidence and lied on the witness stand to try to make it stick. All of this because cops approached me about paying them for having strippers. I told them they must think we are escorts, we're not, we're telegrams, bachelor parties, clowns, d'jays, etc. Well, now that I had the knowledge I either payed or got harassed. I'm stubborn and this began years of harassment, phone taps, surveillance, and false arrests.This is a good example of how we talk and book entertainment for American Dream... more
An example of the cops calling and trying to get us to do something or say something related to prostitution. Of course, if you've heard our radio ads or watched any of our other videos, that is not what we did. However, because we researched the links between cops and escort agencies and tried to get something done about it, we received years of endless harassment and illegal arrests.An example of the cops calling and trying to get us to do something or say something... more
This is a typical ad or promotion for the company. It's very easy to tell what kind of company we are by the advertisement. An escort/prostitution agency wouldn't bother to spend the money or run this ad as a 'cover'. That is what Lexington police seemed to be claiming when they tried to set us up and take us to court as an illegal escort agency. They used their new ordinance and had no chance at winning even with altered evidence and proven lies from the police on the stand. None of the many legitimate escort/prostitution companies have ever been charged using this ordinance. We were a target because we refused to pay 'protection' money reserved for escort agencies when vice made a mistake at a public party.This is a typical ad or promotion for the company. It's very easy to tell what kind of... more
If we are an escort agency then why would we run off customers like this? We are not an escort agency. As a matter of fact, we have been fighting to get the escort agencies shut down for years. We have risked danger from the agencies, corrupt police officers, corrupt county officials and mob interests involved in these agencies. However, my talent agency was charged and criminally attempted to be set up by local police from three counties because of my stance against these agencies. We were charged with the escort agency ordinance of all things. None of the legitimate escort/prostitution agencies have ever been charged using this ordinance.If we are an escort agency then why would we run off customers like this? We are not... more
This is an ad that I ran not long after buying the company from my previous boss. Only a year after this ad I was approached by Lexington, Kentucky vice and asked to pay 'protection' money for running and 'escort' agency. Does this sound like an escort agency to you. I explained that to them and I guess they had to make me pay anyway, they said, because now I was in on the deal. I refused and that began years of harassment.This is an ad that I ran not long after buying the company from my previous boss. Only... more
The Jessamine County Kentucky jail and police department arrested me for providing a false address on a document. However, they had received all of the right information from me and someone there remembered an old address of mine and put it on the document instead. I got arrested and had to stay for two days. I was abused during the stay in jail, refused food altogether after I informed them that I had medical needs. They also told me they didn't have my medications until right before I was let go. They actually had them within a half hour of admitting me. I went to court after requesting the documents and showed it was entirely their offices mistake. Of course, attorney fees are out the door but I couldn't even get my booking fees, etc. returned.The Jessamine County Kentucky jail and police department arrested me for providing a... more
Apparently baristas at the Grab-n-Go Coffee shop in Everett, WA will serve you everything you need to start your morning right. The shop participates in the recent "baristas in bikinis" trend, but some baristas went too far with their exhibitionism.
Investigators saw the women expose their crotches, lick whipped cream off their co-workers' private parts and pose naked for pictures inside the Grab-n-Go Espresso stand at 8015 Broadway, according to police reports obtained by The Herald on Wednesday. Detectives say the women were charging up to $80 to strip down and flash customers while fixing lattes and mochas. Now five Grab-n-Go baristas have been charged "with multiple counts of prostitution and violating the city's adult entertainment ordinance."Apparently baristas at the Grab-n-Go Coffee shop in Everett, WA will serve you... more
Worshipers are being banned from their own temple as Julia Roberts shoots her new film in it.
It isn't the most shocking event, but definitely concerning at the level of disrespect that Julia Roberts and the film makers have for their "set". When gods clash there is usually thunder, how arrogant and in love with yourself do you really have to be, to bar worshipers from their own temple in the pursuit of making a feature length film.
"It's the holiest time of the year and we are being stopped from visiting our own temple. It's outrageous."says one worshiper.Worshipers are being banned from their own temple as Julia Roberts shoots her new film... more
