Here is an excerpt from a mass mailing soliciting donations. This “non-profit” is run by a man masquerading as a human rights advocate. He reported that his group paid him (himself) $169,000 in 2016 as the CEO and one can only infer he is making a lot more now.
He claims to be training law enforcement on how to spot human trafficking and implied he worked with the Florida police in the arrest of Robert Kraft. How quickly he claimed credit for the arrests and turned it into an opportunity to solicit donations. This group should itself be the subject of an actual investigation.
Excerpted from donation mailer verbatim, name deleted:
“The police investigation that led to a high profile arrest in a South Florida massage parlor last week began with a health inspector noticing signs that women were actually living on the premises, cooking on hot plates and sleeping on massage tables.
For much of the last decade, XXX has been working with local law enforcement and municipal governments, teaching them to do exactly that. We continue to train code inspectors to recognize the signs that human trafficking might be occurring - often at a business that claims to be a day spa. In fact, just last year we trained nearly 150 code inspectors in South Florida, including the county where an alleged trafficking situation occurred. And we worked with law enforcement to help them understand how trafficking works in these operations and how they can apply that knowledge to do effective, victim-centered, criminal investigations.
Human Trafficking in Illicit Massage Businesses, a report XXX released in 2018, found more than 9,000 such businesses exist in cities, suburbs, and small towns all around the country. Our analysis suggests that collectively these businesses bring in a whopping $2.5 billion a year, exploiting women who are defrauded or coerced into providing commercial sex in slave-like conditions.
Those conditions often include living in the massage parlor, just as the inspector noticed in the Florida case. Such situations are all too common. The good news is that investigations of trafficking venues that are victim-centered and hold exploiters accountable are becoming more common as well.
Thank you for your continued support that enables us to work with law enforcement to develop victim-centered investigations”
There is a DONATE NOW button after the message.
Name of group and CEO available to trusted members by PM. Mailer edited to remove company name.
He claims to be training law enforcement on how to spot human trafficking and implied he worked with the Florida police in the arrest of Robert Kraft. How quickly he claimed credit for the arrests and turned it into an opportunity to solicit donations. This group should itself be the subject of an actual investigation.
Excerpted from donation mailer verbatim, name deleted:
“The police investigation that led to a high profile arrest in a South Florida massage parlor last week began with a health inspector noticing signs that women were actually living on the premises, cooking on hot plates and sleeping on massage tables.
For much of the last decade, XXX has been working with local law enforcement and municipal governments, teaching them to do exactly that. We continue to train code inspectors to recognize the signs that human trafficking might be occurring - often at a business that claims to be a day spa. In fact, just last year we trained nearly 150 code inspectors in South Florida, including the county where an alleged trafficking situation occurred. And we worked with law enforcement to help them understand how trafficking works in these operations and how they can apply that knowledge to do effective, victim-centered, criminal investigations.
Human Trafficking in Illicit Massage Businesses, a report XXX released in 2018, found more than 9,000 such businesses exist in cities, suburbs, and small towns all around the country. Our analysis suggests that collectively these businesses bring in a whopping $2.5 billion a year, exploiting women who are defrauded or coerced into providing commercial sex in slave-like conditions.
Those conditions often include living in the massage parlor, just as the inspector noticed in the Florida case. Such situations are all too common. The good news is that investigations of trafficking venues that are victim-centered and hold exploiters accountable are becoming more common as well.
Thank you for your continued support that enables us to work with law enforcement to develop victim-centered investigations”
There is a DONATE NOW button after the message.
Name of group and CEO available to trusted members by PM. Mailer edited to remove company name.
