Many states are talking about what should be done with the many sex workers and people buying sex. Decriminalizing sex work is different than legalizing it. It means that consenting adults who buy or sell sex are not committing a crime. Decriminalization is thought to lead to lower rates of sexual violence, less sexually transmitted […]
The numbers have it…nothing is stopping the illicit businesses
The Human Trafficking Institute Provided this full map of the US with suspected numbers of Illicit Businesses in 2019 in black. The numbers in RED were the counts taken today from that awful site that I won’t post a link to. 2019 2023 Alabama 47 219 Alaska 22 64 Arizona 229 716 Arkansas 10 […]
It takes a network to defeat a network
One of the main organizations who is working to fight the many sex businesses disguising themselves as massage businesses is a non-profit called The Network Team. www.thenetworkteam.org My research so far shows that this company was previously called the Heyrick Research Group. Heyrick was the company that did the research for the Polaris Project Report […]
Penalties for Unlicensed Massage
Alabama: https://almtbd.alabama.gov/pdf/2022/LAW-WestlawEdge22.pdf“§ 34-43-17. Criminal penalties.Any person who violates this chapter shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. § 34-43-18. Injunction; civil penalty. (a) In addition to the criminal penalties prescribed by this chapter, the board may seek an injunction against any person or establishment in violation of this chapter.(b) In an action for an […]
