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Surfer12

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Messages: 149
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A provider I know well was working at a spa in Vermont. She was not working at the time but it was busted and owner arrested. I read the article from the Brattleboro newspaper and it stated investigation used reviews from websites to put the case together. We may be cutting off our supply by posting very detailed reviews. Just a thought.
 

WillyBeeNJ

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#2
You mean this? If you read the entire article, you see how they built their case. I’m pretty sure the surveillance and the actual police interviews of men leaving the joint contributed to the case more than any reviews. This all started with complaints from local businesses, residents and actual legit customers. Worth mentioning is that the Feds are involved and this case also had ties to a case in Alabama so chances are “quoting damages” and the usual acronyms of the day had very little to do with building this whole case. Reviews are just the icing on an already made cake.


https://vtdigger.org/2022/08/11/bra...ice-describe-as-a-human-trafficking-raid/amp/
 

PioneerMan2022

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Imagine the state and federal dollars used to watch a spa "during the course of a year" to make one arrest that will be plea bargained down to a lower charge /fine. Our tax dollars at work.
 

JimboHoffa

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#7
Places generally get busted for 1 of 2 reasons; neighbors complain or they suspect trafficking.
LE isn’t generally going out of their way to make work for themselves by seeking out these places.
 

Onceinawhile

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#14
Always a good idea to be cautious.

Always a good idea to follow board rules as best we can to that end, keeping everyone safe.

That being said, and im sure there are many here older and mongering for longer than i.. I've never heard of a site being instrumental in cracking a case. They use to verify, they use to confirm, but all inadmissible and irrelevant.

I know a couple actual cops that are patrons, we prolly have someone here and reviewing! They're not looking for this. Feds looking for trafficking and serious fed crimes, local pds, they go when called. You don't run a beat past these locations for a month or more and not know what's up.
 

alabamabon

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Reviews: 5
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I know a couple actual cops that are patrons, we prolly have someone here and reviewing! They're not looking for this. Feds looking for trafficking and serious fed crimes, local pds, they go when called. You don't run a beat past these locations for a month or more and not know what's up.
Unless you're in a certain county in Florida, which makes a huge show of these arrests/stings to try to show how "effective" their sheriff is.
 

zippydoda

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Don't forget around budget time when "money laundering" and "civil asset forfeiture" become additional free funding sources........................and those 87k new IRS employees.........follow the money.
 
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