More Than 250 Arrested in Month-Long Houston-Area Sex Sting

[marylander1940]

HOUSTON (AP) — More than 250 sex buyers and traffickers have been arrested in the Houston area during a monthlong sting operation, authorities said Friday.

 

Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the arrests by his agency and Houston police accounted for about 25 percent of more than 1,000 arrests made by a coalition of 37 law enforcement agencies in 17 states. The nationwide crackdown on sex trafficking is coordinated by the Cook County Sheriff's Office in Illinois and known as the National Johns Suppression Initiative.

 

In Houston, eight hotel operators cooperated with law enforcement agencies in the operation from June 28 through July 31 that involved authorities placing ads on online sites known to attract people interested in buying sex.

 

"They sat back and waited for the folks to ring," Gonzalez said. "When the caller said they wanted to meet in person so they could pay for sex, our undercover deputies and officers obliged. In hotel rooms 161 sexual predators

 

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2017-08-18/more-than-250-arrested-in-month-long-houston-area-sex-sting

[LaffingBear]

.... and known as the National Johns Suppression Initiative.

 

Not really a funny story.

 

But the effort sounds like a group of wilderness freaks who want us to shit in the woods instead of using toilets.

 

Or perhaps a new movement in cooperation with the Society for Collection of Human Compost.

[marylander1940]

Not really a funny story.

 

But the effort sounds like a group of wilderness freaks who want us to shit in the woods instead of using toilets.

 

Or perhaps a new movement in cooperation with the Society for Collection of Human Compost.

 

I think it's all about big government messing with consensual yet contractual actions in the bedroom again.

 

Wait till Sessions needs something to deliver to his religious friends...

[rvwnsd]

This article from Time strongly implies, but does not explicitly state, that the initiative's intent is to stem the human trafficking of women and girls. While I do not agree with the approach, it is the government's job (whether that government is big or small) to prevent crime from occurring. I don't think it should be a crime for two consenting adults to engage in a sexual encounter that involves a monetary transaction. However, I'd challenge anyone to argue that a woman, girl, man, or boy who is being pimped out against their will is engaging in consensual anything.

 

That said, they should be going after the pimps and traffickers, not the clients or the sex workers.