Walters’ guess is that the raid is all part of the global war on human trafficking-DHS is the lead agency to pursue those kinds of cases, particularly online through advertising networks. “There’s no federal law that prohibits prostitution, so they are having to rely on a New York statute for any federal prosecution.” Walters, a first amendment attorney and ’s attorney for the past year, told The Daily Beast. “The issue here is what is the Department of Homeland Security doing investigating prostitution?,” Lawrence G. We allege violations to the federal Travel Act, which forbids interstate or foreign travel for the purpose of criminal acts.”īut why-after almost twenty years in business-is the Department of Homeland Security getting involved? Are the escorts also at risk? And what does this mean for the dozens of other internet-based escort services and their clients? “Our allegation with this case is that the business and its principals purported itself to be an escort service while promoting criminal acts, namely illegal prostitution. “As the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is responsible for the enforcement of laws that promote the legitimate movement of people, goods and currency in domestic and foreign transactions,” ICE Spokesman Khaalid Walls said in a statement to The Daily Beast. The complaint ( PDF) lists the businesses name (“rent boy” is British slang for a male prostitute), slogan (“Money can’t buy you love…but the rest is negotiable.”), and thousands of escort advertisements, even though the “Terms of Service” explicitly state that the “site may not be used for the advertising of sexual services or to engage in activities requiring the payment of money for sex or other illegal activities.” And I hope that justice will be done in the end.” “I think we do good things for good people and we bring good people together. And I don’t think we do anything to promote prostitution,” Hurant told reporters. On Tuesday morning, the NYPD and Department of Homeland Security raided the self-proclaimed “original and world’s largest male escort site” with the belief that CEO Jeffrey Hurant-and six other employees-were promoting and managing prostitution across state lines and international borders.
After the bust, the questions-the multiplying questions.
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