67 counties and 283 cities in Florida
There are 67 counties and 283 cities in Florida. In my opinion, the recent bust in Jupiter is just an isolated incident. Out of caution, I don't visit AMPs in Polk county, and I would not visit an AMP in Jupiter, FL. I have been visiting AMPs almost every week for many years, and have never had an incident with a LEO. I worry more about getting struck by lightning. Just my opinion.
67 counties and 283 cities in Florida
On the surface, your assertion seems a good one until you get to the politics of it. It all depends on how much the local head county mounty wants to get his / her name in the paper as a fighter for purity in his / her jurisdiction. The guy in Polk County is a pretty good example of the headline grabbing constable.
As for me, I'm putting the hiatus on AMP's for awhile until things die down. The fact that AMP's exist and have existed for quite some time in the overwhelming number of counties and cities in FL, and the fact that LEO has largely ignored them because they get bigger notoriety (for example drug busts) for other crimes is pretty much a given.
But now, these guys can make a name for themselves by busting AMP's and their customers which they can trot out for the next election, does, I think, make AMP's a bit more of a risk.
Be careful out there.
[QUOTE=Call234;4170559]There are 67 counties and 283 cities in Florida. In my opinion, the recent bust in Jupiter is just an isolated incident. Out of caution, I don't visit AMPs in Polk county, and I would not visit an AMP in Jupiter, FL. I have been visiting AMPs almost every week for many years, and have never had an incident with a LEO. I worry more about getting struck by lightning. Just my opinion.[/QUOTE]
Hillsborough County, as well
The Sheriff in Hillsborough County has been very active, as well. Enough so that I'm positive he is planning to run as a moralistic "Law & Order" candidate for a higher office in 2020, if not sooner.
I rarely go into Tampa anyway, but I absolutely would not be going to any AMPs, modeling or aroma therapy places in Hillsborough for the foreseeable future.
Posted on the St Pete site. Interesting and thought I would share.
Don't feel horrible for the providers. The human trafficking allegations are almost certainly a sham. That is just not how the Asian massage business works. I used to date a spa girl for a long time and got an inside look, not just at her spa but at many spas all over the country. These women have a very wide network of friends, both workers and owners, and it is not a human trafficking network.
The girls usually do live in the spas, but not because they are sex slaves or poor. They live in the spas because they travel around to work, and you guys know this is true! How often do you hear that "so-and-so is on vacation" or "so-and-so go New York"? The girls work 7 days a week for a few months and then they rotate out. And they actually are on vacation. They take a break for a couple of weeks or a month and then return or go to another spa. Why get a place to live or a set of wheels if you're only going to be in a city for a few months? Doesn't make sense. Live in the spa, maximize your earnings. Sleep, work, money, sleep, work, money, sleep, work, money, vacation. Lather, rinse, repeat.
I think there is some human trafficking in this business, but it's pretty damn rare, and I don't think it's happening in Tampa Bay and I definitely think the Martin county trafficking accusations are a sham. (I have very good reasons to think this that I can't share here.) Remember, all these women talk on WeChat all over the country. News travels fast. If a mamasan decided to keep women as slaves, people would know right away. It's just not how it's done.
The girls aren't found through some human trafficking ring. They put an ad on a website and someone answers it. They talk on WeChat, often on video. Then the girl flies in, gets picked up at the airport, and goes to work. I saw this play out dozens of times. It was always friendly and normal. No one arrived in chains in the back of a van. They flew in dressed well, went to dinner with us, and then off to work.
The door fee is usually $80. It varies from place to place, but the girls get a cut of that, usually $30, and the owner gets $50. Whatever tips the girl gets are hers to keep. The usual handjob tip is $40 and most girls see about 4 guys per day. So if they work seven days a week for three months, the haul is $25,200. Popular girls who do more will make a LOT more than this. These girls aren't poor maltreated sex slaves. Most of them make more than you probably do. I met lots of them through my girlfriend. They all had the latest iPhone Xs, expensive purses and shoes, the older ones had kids in college which they paid, all of that. These girls aren't poor, they're rich. They look poor to you because they choose to live a different way. You see them in their little spa outfits, not dressed to the nines to go out on the town. Does it make sense to anyone that a trafficked sex slave would have an iPhone X? I've been on mass shopping trips to the mall with these girls, and they have blackbelts in shopping with your monger money.
That leads me to something else. When I was on the inside, the girls would always laugh about guys who thought they would rescue them from being poor spa girls. They would mock the guy for probably having "low money" as they put it. These girls make piles of cash and most expect the lifestyle that goes with it. If you want to date one of these girls, and especially if you don't want her to work anymore, you'd best be prepared to make north of $200,000 per year, because she will expect you to keep her gravy train rolling. (I'll bet you'd need $300,000+ to date Momo at Han River. My guess is that she makes $800 per day at a minimum. A three-month stint for her is at least $70,000.).
The other thing to take note of is that the mamasan is sometimes not the owner. Sometimes, the masseuse you think is just a worker owns the place and the mamasan is her aunt or some other relative. You'll never know who owns the spa you're in because they'll never tell you unless you really get inside like I did. (And when I found out, I was very, very surprised. All that time I thought one person owned it when it turned out it was the person I least suspected.) Also, the person who owns it on paper may not be the "real" owner. Spas change hands all the time informally without any change in official paperwork. The owner-on-paper may have owned the place you're at 5 years ago and is long gone to another city and another spa.
Human trafficking is a terrible thing. It does happen. But it's not happening at your typical spa. What is happening is that anti-prostitution activists are using fake human trafficking accusations as a screen to try to get the spas closed. Bloviating loud-mouthed sheriffs are spewing slander against these people. It really angers me. Don't help them perpetuate these lies!