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May 17, 2005
Sex Workers On A Mission
Sex Workers On A Mission
San Francisco sex workers are on a mission
to decriminalize prostitution here and across the country.
By Ann Harrison
It seemed like an open and shut case. On Jan. 14, federal agents raided four suspected brothels in San Francisco's Sunset District. Investigators say they busted a sophisticated international prostitution ring in which Asian women were allegedly smuggled into the United States and forced to pay off a $40,000 debt to their traffickers by selling their bodies.
The Standing Against Global Exploitation Project (SAGE), which works closely with local police departments, immediately condemned an underground industry that promises foreigners better lives with good jobs but instead forces them into sex work.
"Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery," SAGE's Linnette Peralta Haynes told the Bay Guardian. http://www.sfbg.com/38/18/cover_hookers.html
Posted by ann at May 17, 2005 10:57 PM