re: Atlanta spa filled with sex slaves should be the real headlines

quote:

---

You'd think if it's prevalent at Massage Parlors then more John's would be behind bars on federal charges rather than just the owner and workers getting pandering convictiins.

---

From The Department of Justice

Human Trafficking is a crime that involves exploiting a person for labor, services, or commercial sex.

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and its subsequent reauthorizations define human trafficking as:

a) Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or

b) The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. (22 U.S.C. § 7102(9)).

It seems to me that the intent of the statute is more directed at those involved in organizing the prostitution ring. Also, the federal charge/conviction is not for pandering and generally results in a significant penalty/sentence.