Elf of the Sun
[cw: sex trafficking] Holy goodness.
Adarglad
Holy smoke!!
Adarglad
liking to find again later...... that's the sheriff of the county where the anti-trafficking work I'm doing is based.....
Elf of the Sun
It's just surprising to hear about those arrests being made in my hometown. Just. Wow.
Adarglad
no kidding. that's a gigantic sting.
Elf of the Sun
I'm glad they got the guys, but that is a lot of people. Especially for a city that, on the whole, doesn't really have a lot of serious crime for our size.
#noperaptor
Why are they arresting the women (who are just as likely to have been coerced/grew up in it) for prostitution?
Elf of the Sun
Technically, it's still illegal.
Elf of the Sun
But I know there have been cases where the women arrested were basically pimping out their daughters.
#noperaptor
Is it magically prostitution if you're over 18 (as opposed to trafficking) even if you're stuck doing it because you might be killed?
#noperaptor
Oh no, I'm aware of that kind of thing. I just wonder how they came to the conclusion it was "voluntary" (and if it was)
#noperaptor
(I have a friend who was once a subject of sex trafficking)
Adarglad
it's really complicated and varies a lot by state.
Adarglad
what services they're offered will vary hugely by where they are and what's available.
Adarglad
like, I'm not saying it's right, but the law involved is a total fuckin contradictory mess and what standards apply to whom just... sort of depend.
Elf of the Sun
I'm really sorry to hear about your friend.
Adarglad
yeah, agreed 
#noperaptor
Thanks for the sympathy. She's ok these days and not limited by it (which isn't to say it doesn't bother her) and…doing well.
#noperaptor
But in some cases, it's been difficult to prove coercion on an adult. I hope they're going about this the "right" way and not just victim blaming.
Adarglad
seriously
Adarglad
it is a gigantic problem
Adarglad
(I work with an org right now that's trying to push for exactly that, it's so sad there's so far to go)
Exacerangutan
yeah cracking down on prostitution is... thorny... because it's so easy to sweep victims into the net =/
Elf of the Sun
Oh my gods. Two of the guys arrested were teachers. One a University of Nebraska-Kearney staff member, the other a high school teacher.
Elf of the Sun
Arrested for solicitation of a prostitute but still.
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I find it more than a little creepy they were teachers as well.
Elf of the Sun
Obviously now former, but IDK if they were both teachers at the time. The UNK professor got fired from there, but IDK if the high school teacher was one at the time.
Elf of the Sun
And this sting comes only days after a state legislator was busted for using a state computer for online sex--including sending pictures/videos of himself.
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woooow
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There was a huge sex scandal in northern CA as well wit police officers and solicitation
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*with
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I think it was one woman only who slicited the police, but she was doing it as early as 16 I think?
Elf of the Sun
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*solicited
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The thing where the POLICE are getting more than a slap on the wrists is she kept a ledger of all her customers with names and dates.
Elf of the Sun
Yikes
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so yeah I am just... in a state of awe over all this going on under peoples noses... sex rings, police involvement, underage trafficking what not.
𝔞𝔰𝔥 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔫
Holy fuck.
Elf of the Sun
Yeah. This is bonkers.
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It is.
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It's really horrifying that this happens, and so wide-spread.
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Under our noses, without our noticing.=(
Elf of the Sun
And you just wonder.. How did this go unnoticed for so long??