[SWAF-Potluck] news: B.C. micro-brothels thriving

[Trina Rose]

Well done, Susie. xoxo


On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Andy Sorfleet <a.sorfleet at gmail.com> wrote:

> This article appeared on the front page of the Vancouver 24 Hours as well.
> I can't figure out exactly where the story comes from however. There are no
> research studies or statistics or police reports quoted. It's almost like
> the writer invented it and called around for quotes.
>
> Susan Davis did a great interview that Monday on CKNW. She talked about
> being really good neighbours and how Vancouverites (I prefer Vancouvereans
> :^) are not naive and already know etc. and addressed the difference
> between sex trafficking and working. She diffused any hysteria the article
> might whipped up. The host, Simi Sara was good too! :^)
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
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> http://www.torontosun.com/
> TORONTO SUN
> Monday, September 30, 2013
>
> Jeremy Nuttall, 24 HOURS
>
>
>
> B.C. micro-brothels thriving
>
> [photo caption]
> Image of a woman peering out from her apartment. (Fotolia.com)
> [image: Inline image 1]
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> VANCOUVER -- A crackdown on Lower Mainland massage parlours has led to an
> increase in so-called micro-brothels run out of apartments and rental
> properties around the region, according to experts.
>
> Sex-worker activist Sue Davis said buying and selling sex is legal between
> consenting adults in private, but when someone rents an apartment and
> allows others to use it for sex acts as employees it becomes a brothel and
> illegal.
>
> Despite the clampdown and closures, brothel operators are still willing to
> accommodate sex workers looking for a safe place to work, she said.
>
> "Instead of being an agency owner with one static location you've got 10
> suites where different workers go and make money," Davis said.
>
> Burnaby, B.C., RCMP Staff Sgt. Major John Buis said it has been noticed --
> unlike in days past -- that sex workers now live and work in communities
> rather than being dropped off for a shift or travelling to brothels.
>
> But hard numbers on the increase are difficult to come by, he said.
>
> "It's very difficult to locate or identify," Buis said. "Usually it's a
> rental accommodation, and it comes and goes very quickly. They set up and
> if they're detected they're gone."
>
> Richmond, B.C., RCMP Cpl. Stephanie Ashton said the trend has been
> happening in that city as well, but enforcement is a problem because by the
> time police get into a unit "whatever was going on inside has stopped."
>
> Meanwhile, Davis insists targeting brothels has also made the trade more
> dangerous, as predators know sex workers are less likely to call police for
> fears of being charged or deported in some cases.
>
> She added such women can be victimized by "cowards" who will do things
> such as pose as a customer to get in the door before letting their friends
> in to beat, rob or rape sex workers.
>
>
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