The city of San Francisco is suing a Financial District massage parlor alleging that the business is in fact a brothel and has been for years. There's a law enforcement paradox to Backpage.
Citing federal free speech laws, a judge rejected pimping charges Friday against the operators of a major international website that state attorney general Kamala Harris called the "world's top online brothel. Observant residents in a San Mateo neighborhood led police to the discovery of an alleged brothel, resulting in two arrests. A California judge tentatively rejected pimping charges against the operators of a major international website that advertises escort services.
Of the licensed massage businesses in San Francisco, over a third were found to have active online listings advertising erotic services. A coalition of sex workers has gathered almost 6, signatures on an online petition, demanding a meeting with Gov. Jerry Brown. Two Oakland police officers were in court Friday in separate sex scandal cases. Detectives lured men to a hotel by posing as prostitutes in online ads, and in one case as a teenage girl under The sting ended in 8 arrests.
The operators of an international website that advertises escort services say they'll challenge charges of trafficking prostitutes and pimping on First Amendment grounds. Carl Ferrer, 55, was arrested on a California warrant after arriving Thursday in Houston on a flight from Amsterdam. Police on Thursday shut down what they say was a brothel operating inside a San Leandro residence. An year-old Oakland man has been charged with rape and human trafficking for allegedly holding a year-old girl as a prisoner for a month while sexually assaulting her and forcing her to work as a prostitute.
Five people were arrested Friday in an undercover operation at a suspected brothel in San Bruno, a police spokesman said. Governor Jerry Brown announced Monday he signed SB to ban police from charging people under the age of 18 with prostitution. An Alameda County Social Services' assessment center in Hayward - where sex-trafficking victims are first taken to safety - are being used by pimps to recruit other victims.
