Pigs of Bay bust brothel

or: Extrapolation: Some escorts not hookers

A Bay-area brothel specializing in Korean prostitutes has been closed down by a law enforcement coalition known as “Operation Gilded Cage”.

According to an article in the San Jose Mercury News, “The women in such operations are supplied with fake identification and other documents and smuggled in through Mexico. Once in the United States, they are forced to work as sex workers to repay debts as large as $30,000 to $40,000.”

Members of the task force do not believe that the women, all in their twenties, had been forced to work beyond their debt payment, as is sometimes the case. The brothel was located in an apartment across the street from Pacifica’s Fairmont Shopping Center, and was outfitted with “the bare minimum” – a mattress. Neighbors complained of visitors coming and going for short periods from 10 a.m. to midnight.

Two men, the brothel’s manager and his assistant, were arrested in connection with the brothel, as was the common-law wife of the manager, who set up phone and Internet appointments for johns.

The article goes on to say that “{the} Internet also has made it easier to solicit customers, through a variety of sites advertising escort services, some of which are a cover for prostitution.”

I would be dismayed to encounter an escort who was not a prostitute.

Previously: Kami Andrews leaving porn, having never been to me; Meanwhile, down at the Inner Whore; Sex workers protest GTA; Study: Prague feeds hookers well
See also: Arrests tied to Pacifica brothel (Mercury News)