Some state lawmakers are proposing legislation that would eliminate criminal penalties for adults involved in consensual sex work. Neighbors say much of the illegal activity is spilling into the alleyways - which are right behind their homes. We have covered the issue in the Southwest Side neighborhood before, and now, neighbors say it is more rampant than ever.
CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports. There are disturbing details and arrests following a months-long investigation into human trafficking, and the victims are all women from South America. Brendan Kennedy-Gasior, 37, is facing felony charges of promoting prostitution. Sex trafficking is a complicated problem that for many reasons is difficult for law enforcement to address and enforce.
But as CBS 2's Joe Donlon found as he rode along for a sting operation earlier this summer, those challenges are not stopping efforts to fight trafficking. Residents say they have reported it to police and the alderman, but the problem keeps getting worse.
The residents say they have reported it to police and the alderman, but the problem keeps getting worse. You got problems. A West Rogers Park building has been torn down after authorities conducted a raid there this week. The FBI on Wednesday was asking for help in finding potential victims and information about two truck drivers β one of them from Chicago β who are accused of kidnapping women and demanding ransom for their release. A man stood charged Saturday with running a prostitution operation out of his Bridgeport neighborhood apartment.
Under Florida law, most evidence is made public when given to defendants. That hasn't happened yet with the videos, and lawyers for Kraft and the other men want to pre-empt it, arguing that evidence shouldn't be made public until the investigation is complete, if ever. According to police records, Kraft was chauffeured to the massage parlor in a white Bentley on the evening of Jan.
