MONEY FOR TIME AND COMPANIONSHIP ISNT ILLEGAL IS THIS TRUE?

[ANIYAH]

HI THERE HUNG ANGELS FORUMS .I HAVE NEVER PASOT HERE BUT THOUGH THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO ASK THIS QUESTION AND GET A GOOD ANSWER . ON EROS GUIDE I WOULD SAY ABOUT 80% OF THE GIRLS HAVE THIS :Money exchanged for legal, adult personal services (escort) are for time and companionship only. Anything else that may transpire is a matter of personal choice and preference between two or more consenting adults of legal age, and is not contracted for, requested to be contracted for, or compensated for, in any manner. This is not an offer for prostitution!
NOW IS THIS COMMENT TRUE BECAUSE I HAE RECENTLY HERD OF GIRLS GETTING ARRESTED FROM EROS GUIDE AND THE VILLAGE VOICE .MY TAKE ON THINGS IS THAT PERHAPS THESE GIRLS ARE GETTING TO EXPLICIT ON ON THE PHONE BECAUSE I HAVE DONE ALL AND NEVER HAD ANY LEGAL PROBLEMS ?BUT MAYBE THIS IS BECAUSE I EXPLAIN TO GENTLEMEN THAT I DONT GET EXPLICIT ON THE PHONE AND MY DONATION IS NOT FOR SEXUAL ACTS ITS FOR TIME ; IS THIS WHAT HAS BEEN PROTECTING ME FROM GETTING ARRESTED? AND IS THAT DISCLAIMER TRUE ....EVEN IF YOU DONT HAVE AND ESCORT LICENSE?
AND ALSO HOW DO YOU OBTAIN AND ESCORT LICENSE?

[Ecstatic]

It's an attempt to dodge a bullet, but it won't hold up in court if there's sufficient evidence to the contrary. It is wise to post such a disclaimer as an indication of what paid service one as an escort is providing, but it's not enough on its own to disprove prostitution charges.

There are ways to avoid, or at least minimize, getting busted, as entrapment is itself illegal, but I'm no authority on the subject. These include the two- and three-call system, not giving out your hotel room number until your client has called from the hotel, directly asking a client if he is a law enforcement agent, referring only to a "donation" rather than "payment," never accepting an envelope supposedly full of money (let alone loose cash) directly from a client but having him simply place it casually on a nightstand, and, as you say, avoiding explicit conversations on the phone (under the guise of such things being impolite). Perhaps there's a legal eagle on the forum who can address the details of the law? (Noting, of course, that the legal details vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction; for example, afaik brothels are legal in Nevada, but not in the city limits of Las Vegas.

As for how to obtain an escort license, I think you'd need to move to Amsterdam, or at least Nevada.

[thanos]

HI THERE HUNG ANGELS FORUMS .I HAVE NEVER PASOT HERE BUT THOUGH THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO ASK THIS QUESTION AND GET A GOOD ANSWER . ON EROS GUIDE I WOULD SAY ABOUT 80% OF THE GIRLS HAVE THIS :Money exchanged for legal, adult personal services (escort) are for time and companionship only. Anything else that may transpire is a matter of personal choice and preference between two or more consenting adults of legal age, and is not contracted for, requested to be contracted for, or compensated for, in any manner. This is not an offer for prostitution!
NOW IS THIS COMMENT TRUE BECAUSE I HAE RECENTLY HERD OF GIRLS GETTING ARRESTED FROM EROS GUIDE AND THE VILLAGE VOICE .MY TAKE ON THINGS IS THAT PERHAPS THESE GIRLS ARE GETTING TO EXPLICIT ON ON THE PHONE BECAUSE I HAVE DONE ALL AND NEVER HAD ANY LEGAL PROBLEMS ?BUT MAYBE THIS IS BECAUSE I EXPLAIN TO GENTLEMEN THAT I DONT GET EXPLICIT ON THE PHONE AND MY DONATION IS NOT FOR SEXUAL ACTS ITS FOR TIME ; IS THIS WHAT HAS BEEN PROTECTING ME FROM GETTING ARRESTED? AND IS THAT DISCLAIMER TRUE ....EVEN IF YOU DONT HAVE AND ESCORT LICENSE?
AND ALSO HOW DO YOU OBTAIN AND ESCORT LICENSE?

There is no such thing as an escort license. I'm pretty sure that disclaimer would not stand up in court, especially if the cop gets you to to be explicit about a sex act. I too have heard stories about girls getting busted by cops while running ads.

[ANIYAH]

WELL I HAVE READ GIRLS ADS ON EROS THAT STATE THEY ARE LICENSED ESCORT ?? ARE THEY LYING ????

[Felicia Katt]

http://www.bigeye.com/sexeducation/adultbuslosangeles.html

In LA city and county, it is illegal to be an unlicensed escort. You can only be licensed if you work for a registered escort agency. And escorting is defined by the statute as providing time and companionship for money. Several girls here have been busted for escorting when they could not be charged with prostitution.

Felicia

[NYCe]

LOL, Eros will let you put anything in your ad. There's no escort license in the united states. Unless they're working nevada or LA (like Estatic stated above).

The best advice I can give you comes from Norma Jean Almodovar, Executive Director, COYOTE LA/SC:

Here are the top ten instant alert signals that you should be listening for in any conversations you have with a new client. Paying attention to them may spare you from getting busted!

1. He asks you to bring him some drugs. Often cops will try to get an added drug charge against you in order to "cinch" an arrest and be able to manipulate you better. DO NOT AGREE TO BRING HIM ANYTHING STRONGER THAN BREATH MINTS! IF YOU WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE, BE SURE THAT THEY NEVER ASK YOU TO TAKE DRUGS TO A CLIENT OR ANYONE ELSE.

2. He asks, "So how long have you been doing this?" PLAY DUMB, ASK HIM, "WHY, WHATEVER DO YOU MEAN?"

3. You hear the smoke alarm go off in the other room (if you are visiting him either at 'home' or in a hotel) It is most likely a bunch of horny cops in the other room smoking as they watch you get undressed on the video monitor. If you do get arrested, insist on getting paid for the strip show.

4. He promises to order drinks but then his pager goes off He is not supposed to drink on duty - although he may. If he doesn't have any beverages to offer you, he has no class anyway. Make him order lots of room service before you ever discuss business! Order the most expensive bottle of champagne, then, wait until it arrives and uncork it. At least get a good meal on the taxpayers before you go to jail and have to eat peanut butter sandwiches!

5. He says, "why don't you hum and clap and do a little dance for me?" Clapping is usually the signal for the other cops to come in and make their arrest. You are not required to be the instrument of your own undoing. If he starts clapping, grab your purse and run!

6. He asks you to get undressed but he won't. If you are being videotaped, he will not undress for you so if he acts shy but he wants to see you get naked, refuse to unless he does first. Don't even touch him until he is completely naked. Ask him to grab himself, do a little dance and hum for you- that will amuse the jury when the tape is played in court if he is a cop. [In some states, the police are allowed to have sex with you first and then arrest you. So, this sign might not work. Also, the police can use a real client as a witness against you - someone who is paid by the government to have sex with you and then testify in court against you ... to protect you from exploitation, you understand!)

7. He counts out the money aloud as he pays you. If he has so little class that he would count out the money rather than just discreetly hand it to you, then something is terribly wrong. It is probably being video taped. Act shocked that he is paying you. Tell him you don't know nuthin' about no stinkin' money. Insist that he stop or you will have to leave because you are not that kind of girl. DON'T EVER TALK ABOUT SEX AND MONEY.

8. He insists upon being explicit about a sex act. . . "do you do it from behind?" or, "I'd like an American specialty.. . " If he is a cop, he wants to get you to agree to a sex act - either straight sex, oral sex or anal sex. He is not supposed to say what he is looking for but must try to get you to say it. Play dumb and ask him, "Why, whatever do you mean?" Of course, with legalized entrapment, he can always revert to suggesting the sex act himself and get you to agree to it. Still, DON'T EVER TALK ABOUT SEX AND MONEY.

9. He asks, "what do I get for my money?" Play dumb as above and ask him what ever does he mean. DON'T EVER TALK ABOUT SEX AND MONEY

10. A stranger calls and tells you that his buddy Joe (whom you don't know) says you are lots of fun and he wants to have some fun, too. Check it out. Tell him to have your mutual friend call you to confirm this. If he says his friend is out of town, tell him you are out of town too, forever. If your mutual friend does call, ask questions about his referral. Ask what his friend does for a living and where he works. Call information and see if such a business is listed. Call the business and ask for him by name. Even though your client could be setting you up, the odds are that the police won't go to all the trouble to set up a dummy company listed in the phone directory.

[ANIYAH]

SO BASICALLY DONT TALK ABOUT SEX AND MONEY ON THE PHONE? I USUALLY ALSO MAKE A CLIENT PEEL BUTT NAKED BEFORE HE GIVES ME ANY DONATION THAT MAKES ME FEEL SAFE AS WELL.

[Ecstatic]

Two quick additional notes:

1) There are licenses for escorts in some cities, but not "escorts" as prostitutes; these are strictly, as Felicia says, registered agencies that provide presumably sophisticated companionship for gentlemen on the town (men who need a date for a special occasion, dinner, formal, who will present herself with the appropriate air and manner of a lady in that environment). Of course, the terms escort quickly seques into a euphemism for prostitution, but as NYCe points out, there are no such licenses in the US (outside of Nevada).

2) Regarding NYCe's comments about the undercover cop getting undressed first: this is one of the main reasons behind one of the first things an escorts says to a client in his or her hotel room: "why don't you get comfortable?" meaning get undressed and ready for sex. By doing so, the man becomes a participant and not an observer (plus, as to the other reasons, the escort is moving the session along so that she can get through it quickly or at least in the alloted time).

[Ecstatic]

I would say yes, Aniyah, at least until you really know the client as a regular (and even then). Simply say that "I'm a lady and I don't like to talk about such things on the phone." Even girls that I've known a long time still, perhaps out of habit (but a good habit so I don't mind) refrain from giving out their hotel room number until I've arrived in the lobby. Good, sensible precautions which help us all.

[ANIYAH]

SO ESTATIC YOU THINK MAKNG THEM GETT UNDRESSED FIRST IS A GOOD THING ?

[Ecstatic]

Well, I think it depends upon you and the guy. I like to ease into things, and chat for a while first, but I quite understand it. It's both a cue that you're ready for action and a safety valve as NYCe said regarding LE (law enforcement), since they are going to have a hard time busting you if they're already naked. I don't think you need to jump right to "why don't you get comfortable," but don't start anything until you do. Always invite the client to get comfortable before you begin the session in ernest, even if you've been sitting sharing some wine for a few minutes of small talk first.

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

lol, if you're dealing with a fat greasy slickhair humpty dumpty lookin person I guess you wouldnt want to see them butt naked, but that is what alot of providers ask

[Felicia Katt]

There's no escort license in the united states. Unless they're working nevada (like Estatic stated above).

http://ordlink.com/codes/lacounty/_DATA/TITLE07/Chapter_7_38_ESCORT_BUREAUS/index.html

Thats the law here in Los Angeles. Escorts can only legally work for licensed escort bureaus and and escort bureaus can only legally employ registered escorts. So, thats pretty much a defacto escorting license. Anyone working outside that system is violating the law, even if they don't provide sexual services.

There are similar ordinances in Phoenix, Portland, San Diego and of all places, Boise.



Felicia

[Ecstatic]

Boise?! :shock:

[NYCe]

Boise?! :shock:

I will never look at a potato the same way again.

[Ts Laura]

atlanta also has a license you have to get, some girls opened there door and guy showed his badge and they were arrested for no permit or something of that matter. both gg and tgirls were gotten that way.

[ANIYAH]

SO HOW DO U GO ABOUT GETTING A LICENSE IN ATL? CAUSE THATS WHERE I BASE FROM NOW

[Felicia Katt]

I found the Atlanta Ordinances on Escorting here

http://www.municode.com/resources/online_codes.asp

Hope thats a starting point for you

Felicia

[ANIYAH]

ITS SAID I NEED A PASSWORD

[TeeLover]

for example, afaik brothels are legal in Nevada, but not in the city limits of Las Vegas.


Yes, they are legal in Nevada but not within a few COUNTY limits.

The "line" is drawn at population. Any county with a population over a pre-set amount brothels are not legal. Period. I believe it's 400,000. And then it's still up to the county, if below the pop. number, whether or not they will allow legal, licensed brothels. Steet solicitation is not legal anywhere in Nevada.

[Felicia Katt]

I changed the link, so it should work now. you have to click on the state and then the city.

I cut and paste the actual code sections and sent them to Aniyah in private message.

Felicia

[ANIYAH]

WELL NOT FOR ME TRYED IT THREE TIMES

[AllanahStarrNYC]

It is not illegal for someone to pay you to spend time with them-
ect, dinner, a night, a week-
even an hour.

What is illegal is when you ask $ for a sexual service-
which could be defined something as ridiculous as touching a breasts.

Disclaimers such as the one's on eros, will not hold up in court if you are arrested and there is proof otherwise.

Ther is SUCH a thing as an Escort liscene- and to be an escort in some states or cities you are required to have a liscence-
i.e. CA, GA, OR, just to name a few.

Each county has different rules and regulations on how to obtain a liscense.

You can easily do a google search for example- Escort Liscense in Los Angeles

or Adulr or Sex Laws in Los Angeles

and you may find information on how to obtain a liscense. You need not work for an agency- liscensing is also available on an idividual basis.

If you are operating in such a state that requires a liscense- you may be arrestes NOT for prostitution or soliciting- but for escorting without a liscene which is a misdemeanor, like prostitution.

[ANIYAH]

I SO GLAD YOU ANSWERED ...BECAUSE YOUR ONE OF THE MAIN GIRLS ONLINE WHO I HAVE READ HAS A ESCORT LICENSES. ARE U LICENSED IN EACH OF THE STATES YOU LISTED ....AND WHAT ARE THEY CHARGING GIRLS IN NYC WITH ?? WITHOUT A LICENSE OR PROST?

[AllanahStarrNYC]

No I am not liscened in all those states-
U usually have to have a permanent address.

The charge can be either.
If you have solicited the officer then u may be charged with both solicitation and escorting without a liscene, if the state has such a law.
Otherwise, you may just be charged with escorting without a liscene without the solicitation charge.

An addtional charge they might try to stick on you is "operating a business without a tax id"- which is also a misdeamenor and the reason they can do that is becuase id they require u you have a liscense as an escort, it means u are a operating a business- and need to file taxes and have a tax id.

its rather confusing- but only in some states really.

You know this country and sex- &

watch out for the new FCC 2257 porn rules 2-
they are gonna come hard down on the adult industry

So all you Bush supporters on this board that love porn and voted for Bush and enjoy adult material u got the adult industry into the mess it is going to be come for alot of producers.

[ANIYAH]

:? WOW THIS VERY CONFUSING ITS KINDA DISCOURAGING :(

[ANIYAH]

WILL THIS FCC RULE AFFECT AMATUER FILMS OR IDEO CLIPS AS WELL EVEN IF ITS NOT DISTRUBTED?

[Ecstatic]

TeeLover, thanks for the clarification on Nevada.

[Ecstatic]

You must have a username:password for that site, Felicia; I tried and could not access it, either.

Allanah, excellent points. You clarified the distinction I made earlier between escorting and solicitation/prostitution; the disclaimer on Eros serves to notify any interested parties that the escort in question is selling her time and companionship, not sex, but if LE gathers evidence to the contrary, it won't hold up.

And Allanah, you're totally right about those guys on the board (never mind the other 51% of the population) who voted for Bush; I remember a rather vitriolic thread not long before the election where several posters defended their support of Bush. So you know who to thank when LE cracks down.

[magic9inch]

SO BASICALLY DONT TALK ABOUT SEX AND MONEY ON THE PHONE? I USUALLY ALSO MAKE A CLIENT PEEL BUTT NAKED BEFORE HE GIVES ME ANY DONATION THAT MAKES ME FEEL SAFE AS WELL.
damn you ordering guys to get buttnaked, thats hot

[Thuggish_Intellect]

SO BASICALLY DONT TALK ABOUT SEX AND MONEY ON THE PHONE? I USUALLY ALSO MAKE A CLIENT PEEL BUTT NAKED BEFORE HE GIVES ME ANY DONATION THAT MAKES ME FEEL SAFE AS WELL.

Never accept cash in hand. Have them place a "donation" in an envelope somewhere away from you and don't open it until the client leaves. It would be even better to do online transactions before hand (paypal, or some other online payment firm). You are contracting for time and companionship, the actual illegal act takes place when you "talk" sex and "exchange" money...illiciting prostitution in other words.

[Shining Star]

1- Those "statements" about payment for "time" etc, are not worth the words/bandwith they are printed on, and will not stand up in court.

Most LE use several critera for busting, not just what is written in the advert. Most common is the "duck" rule (if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it is a duck); combined with standards of behaviour for a normal decent female/male.

Case in point: Girl has ad up on Eros, but has a statement to the effect of the original poster's . Undercover calls up (they can get the phone number several ways, including trolling forums like this) as the phone call goes like this:

Cop: - Hi, I've been there before, I'd like to come over
Girl, Sure, call from the corner of X and X or whatever
Cop - Hi, I'm at the corner
Girl, Ok, come to 222 East 89th Street, 4A

Girl answers door in lingerie, and allows cop in. Cop says how much is it? Girl says $$$, cop puts down money and girl either gets fully undressed/ and or asks cop to get undressed.

This goes on for a bit then there are series of loud knocks at door and words "POLICE, OPEN UP" In short order the girl is busted,and off to jail she goes.

At jail she pleads not guilty and either her court lawyer or her own examines the evidence against her. It turns out there were complaints of heavy male traffic in and out of her apartment, ads in various publications known for prositution. Should the girl insist on a trial, the DA will go into "what was the defendent wearing when she opened the door"? Undercover will say underware or whatever. (This is why some girls refuse to answer the door dressing in anything else but normal street clothes).

"Did the defendant undress"? "Yes, she did after asking me to do so also". DA will hold up that no decent woman/man would invite a total stranger into her home, dressed in a scanty manner and or undressed and took money. Only working girls do this, therefore this person must be that. It works in 99.5% of the cases, which is why so many girls don't bother going to trial. DA may also get into that the girl/guy is a person living without visable means of support. This is done by asking how a person pays her/his rent etc? Where does his/her money come from? If they really wanted to get nasty they can take the person's computer and hack into the hard drive, looking for emails, messages, and links. They can also contact Erosguide and other advertising media that go to the phone to see who paid for the adverts and how.

It is important to remember each state's statue is different in regarding what consitutes prositution. NYS for example does NOT say one has to take money for sex; but AGREEING to exchange money for sex. New York State courts have taken "agreement" to be anything from mentioning money, to taking money and allot in between. Even if a girl/guy does not ask for money, but the cop gives and they he/she offers to have sex (by getting undressed and or some how indicating a willingness) that can be taken as agreement and thus arrest. The money does not have to change hands, nor does it even have to be seen, the fact a girl/guy agreed to exchange sex for money is enough as far as NYS is concerned.

Recently there has been lots of sloppyness about asking for money over the phone/Internet while saying things like "what is included?" or "can you tell me about your service....are you a top or bottom" Most well seasoned girls/guys will only tell location and rates PERIOD, as they assume everyone is cop until proven otherwise. Many will only take funds after a guy as gotten fully undressed and or touched them. This last bit may not always be full proof for two reasons: police can and have lied about what has gone on before the bust, and some states allow police to undress and even touch a pro during the process of an undercover bust. LE in New Orleans for instance not only gets buck naked, but will touch a girl all over to "prove" they are not cops. The girl can touch the cop as well (something that is NOT allowed in NYS). In NYS in fact some girls swear by always making a guy touch their privates/and they touching him all over. This is not allowed and if the girl brought it out at her trial could put the case in jeopardy.

The second reason to never discuss funds/services over the phone is the girl/guy could be undercover and setting up a sting for the john. Granted with trannies this is not easy as not too many cops look that good in drag, but one never knows.

[Shining Star]

[quote="Ecstatic"]You must have a username:password for that site, Felicia; I tried and could not access it, either.

Allanah, excellent points. You clarified the distinction I made earlier between escorting and solicitation/prostitution; the disclaimer on Eros serves to notify any interested parties that the escort in question is selling her time and companionship, not sex, but if LE gathers evidence to the contrary, it won't hold up.

Think Eros much like all other sites that take ads, puts up that comment to keep themselves from being hauled in for promoting prositution. Even the review sites like TER have a long rant about how the reviews posted are considered "works of fiction" by TER and that transcations between TER reviewers and escorts are private transactions for a person's time.........

Meanwhile TER is famous for requesting it's members post reviews of escorts with "juicy" details and lots of information.

[Shining Star]

Well, I think it depends upon you and the guy. I like to ease into things, and chat for a while first, but I quite understand it. It's both a cue that you're ready for action and a safety valve as NYCe said regarding LE (law enforcement), since they are going to have a hard time busting you if they're already naked. I don't think you need to jump right to "why don't you get comfortable," but don't start anything until you do. Always invite the client to get comfortable before you begin the session in ernest, even if you've been sitting sharing some wine for a few minutes of small talk first.

This is not totally true? Ever hear of "good cop/bad cop". Many times the undercover will pretend he is just a "guy" who happened to be there when things started going down. This also helps him maintain some cover as hopefully the girl won't blab his ID to everyone (thus rendering him useless for undercover vice). Also as per my other post, many states do allow cops to get totally undressed when making an undercover bust. NYS does not, but Louisanna does. Well that only works if the girl isn't smart enough to put two and two together.

Usually by the time cops knock on a girl's door, there are several cars of cops and a paddy wagon already in place near/outside her apartment house. In NYS in particular where there were problems several years ago with cops getting too cozy with working girls, 5 or more cops show up on a bust including one senior vice dectective to supervise the whole thing. It isn't pretty!

[Ecstatic]

Shining Star, you are right, but remember that this is a game of averages, and the best that an escort can do is to try to play the averages to her advantage as much as possible by reducing their likelihood as much as possible, thus taking all these precautions. They may not work, and she may still get busted--that's a big risk, always--but if she's going to play the game, she has to take every measure she can to protect herself.

From what I've read (in various places, from LE, escorts, and johns), the point you make about "complaints of heavy male traffic in and out of her apartment" is often the determining factor in who to bust. It's too difficult and time consuming for LE to try to randomly bust escorts without this driving motivation: police are understaffed and overworked, and typically respond to citizen complaints (or work from a mandate to solve a specific perceived problem, such as prostitution, but there are more efficient ways to bust more offenders for prostitution than combing Eros ads for TS escorts).

[Shining Star]

Shining Star, you are right, but remember that this is a game of averages, and the best that an escort can do is to try to play the averages to her advantage as much as possible by reducing their likelihood as much as possible, thus taking all these precautions. They may not work, and she may still get busted--that's a big risk, always--but if she's going to play the game, she has to take every measure she can to protect herself.


From what I've read (in various places, from LE, escorts, and johns), the point you make about "complaints of heavy male traffic in and out of her apartment" is often the determining factor in who to bust. It's too difficult and time consuming for LE to try to randomly bust escorts without this driving motivation: police are understaffed and overworked, and typically respond to citizen complaints (or work from a mandate to solve a specific perceived problem, such as prostitution, but there are more efficient ways to bust more offenders for prostitution than combing Eros ads for TS escorts).


What consitutes "heavy traffic" is not a hard fast rule and in cities like NYC that have adapted the "Comstat" model of policing just one report can be enough to trigger an investigation.

By the time a final bust has been set up/LE goes for a person, they usually are 99.5% certian of what is going on inside a location. This can be achieved through watching a location, reverse looking up the phone number, matching the phone number at a location to adverts in various media known for running "ads". Contrary to what you believe/were told many LE vice departments have areas set up where they not only have a stock of local printed media that features "ads", but access to the Internet for researching online adverts/setting up meetings via Internet. LE can and does make "cold calls" to ads to find out things.

Keep in mind also lots of people read things like Village Voice or may even skim around Eros or Exotics. If they notice an ad for a person that lives in their building/street, it won't take long to put two and two together. Smart girls/guys actually would go into their hallways/lobbies after a date left to make sure he didn't discard copies of "Screw" or whatever publication their ads were in, in the lobby or hallways (very common).

Anytime someone calls and says they are at a certian corner, are given the address and never arrive. Or, a guy arrives and the girl opens the door in lingerie/invites the guy in and asks him to undress, etc; but the guy turns around and leaves it must be seriously considered they were LE gathering information. Sadly some providers are sloppy, and not doing what they should to handle their business. This just makes LE's job easier.

LE is not just out for the bust, they are building a soild case so if/when the bust happens and things go to court the DA will have a nice thick file of information to work from.

Say LE calls a number and says "what is your location and how much is xxx"? A answer like "East 38th and Park, XXX is $$$ per hour" has just confirmed what is going on at the location and it is not a legitimate business.

A NYC LE told me and have heard it from girls/guys who sadly found out the same thing the hard way; "We (LE) know where every single one of you (escorts) are. It is only a question of how much time and effort we want to spend getting you". Knew a girl who got popped and she could her LE in another room making cold calls while she was being held at the police station. In fact watch Investigative Reports on cable, it shows LE in New Orleans in a "safe room", with adverts all over the place calling girls/guys.

Face it, most adverts for "escorts" in places like Eros, Village Voice, Exotics , etc are for one thing. The advertisers, agencies, girls/guys/ and LE all know this, so it's not fooling anyone.

Perhaps a person that does not advertise and works on work of mouth references only, could stay under the radar if she/he kept traffic to a low level. But again it could only take one complaint and an officer with time on his hands to start the ball rolling. You'd be surprised how much money many areas spend on vice/busting.

As for law of averages, the longer a girl/guy is in one location the greater odds they will get caught sooner or later. This may hold true more for big cities like NYC where people live very close together and those living around the person "notice" things over time. Things like this person has money but is never seen going to any sort of employment. People coming and going all hours of the day, telephone ringing all hours of the day.

In short, as you say it is a game of averages, and the best one can do is to try and keep one step ahead of LE.

[Adam_Thompson]

Damn Shining Star, are you writing a book report on Prostitution over there...pretty intriguing

[Ecstatic]

Shining Star, I don't deny that everything you say is true, to a point. But so are the counterpoints. The main thing, I think, is for an escort to be as discrete and careful as possible, and take whatever precautions are possible to lessen both the likelihood of getting busted and the severity of the bust if it occurs. Otherwise, if one takes all that you say as gospel, then the only sensible course of action is to not escort, period. Yes, the police have all the facilities you describe, from print media to the Internet, and vice stings are set up routinely, and more is known about individual escorts than most would believe, but LE also can't afford the time, money or manpower to chase down every possible lead, but only a high profile fraction of those leads (depending upon the emphasis given to vice for LE in any particular jurisdiction, obviously much greater in some areas than in others). If there were not true, every escort who posted an ad on Eros or in the Village Voice or any other venue would be busted. So a smart escort is going to be aware of these factors and try her best to minimize her risk (knowing full well that the only way to avoid the risk altogether is to not escort).

[Shining Star]

Shining Star, I don't deny that everything you say is true, to a point. But so are the counterpoints. The main thing, I think, is for an escort to be as discrete and careful as possible, and take whatever precautions are possible to lessen both the likelihood of getting busted and the severity of the bust if it occurs. Otherwise, if one takes all that you say as gospel, then the only sensible course of action is to not escort, period. Yes, the police have all the facilities you describe, from print media to the Internet, and vice stings are set up routinely, and more is known about individual escorts than most would believe, but LE also can't afford the time, money or manpower to chase down every possible lead, but only a high profile fraction of those leads (depending upon the emphasis given to vice for LE in any particular jurisdiction, obviously much greater in some areas than in others). If there were not true, every escort who posted an ad on Eros or in the Village Voice or any other venue would be busted. So a smart escort is going to be aware of these factors and try her best to minimize her risk (knowing full well that the only way to avoid the risk altogether is to not escort).

Of course one has to be on top of one's game to avoid contact with LE and arrest, but to assume LE will only go after "high profile" girls or persons brought to their attention via complaints is a very dangerous idea for an escort to have.

A second "yes" to your other conclusion that the only sane option is not to escort. The same way it is not sane to obtain money by robbing a bank, or mugging someone. Regardless of how many young trannies feel about the occupation, the fact is it is still a crime. A crime many areas devote vast amounts of time and money to curb. Think you do not realise the vast amount of power LE has to investigate potential criminal action. These powers have been expanded with recent post 9/11 events.

I've told you before, it does not take much to find out what someone with an ad is up to. All LE has to do is start making phone calls to numbers listed in adverts/on line ads. If LE calls and says something like "I'm calling about the ad", and the person at the other end answers "I'm at E87th and Broadway, it's $$$ for an hour", it's pretty much a given you are not selling Girl Scout cookies up there. The one phone call in and of itself may not be enough to warrant setting up a bust, but it can start the ball rolling. If complaints come in about a certian address (all LE vice squads have reverse phone books, and or can get the information from the phone/cell phone company), so they can match a phone number in an advert with an address.

Yes, different areas are going to have various levels of resources to devote towards "vice". But then again how many escorts do you think you'll find in "Corn-Growing-Who-Gives-A-Darn" Kansas? Most major cities like LA,NYC, New Orleans and others are going to have higher levels of escorts simply because that is where the money is in terms of tourists and local residents willing to pay. If this were not true Eros and other Internet sites would not have so many "visiting" girls in major cities. If they could make their coins locally, they'd probably save the hassle and stay put.

It may be hard for you to get around this concept, but for cops working "vice" tracking down escorts and other vice (which are crimes) is what they are paid to do. They are not going to sit around waiting for leads to come to them when there are escort ads in almost every major publication from New York Magazine to Village Voice, not to mention the Internet sites. These adverts are fooling no one. Persons reading them, LE, the DA's office, everyone knows the deal.

LE is not stupid, they do not believe for a second just because the streets have been cleaned of streetwalkers that "P" has gone away. Just like the drug trade, the Internet and cell phones have made indoor operations much easier to the point only really low level operators work the streets. It may be only the big "Trump Tower Madam" you hear about on the news, but read small local weeklies or for that matter take a trip to Mid-Town Community Court ( where many Manhattan prosie arrests are dealt with) some morning. The place is not empty, and all those girls/guys/trannies were not from the street or because of planned sting operation.

As for Eros versus the Village Voice, don't know it it still holds true, but there was a time when girls with adverts in the Voice were getting busted more than those who advertised only on Eros or Exotics. How could this be? The only rationale answer is that LE trolled through the Voice and let their fingers do the walking to an arrest.

Two years or so ago, there was an article in one of the NYC weekly newspapers about "P" and the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It featured an interview with one of the undercover cops involved with making busts. He stated one source of "leads" was the advertisments. Yes, complaints were mentioned also, but a bulk of vice's work came from good old fashioned police work.

I'm not trying to come down on you, but rather trying to disabuse you of a dangerous notion that if one operates on the down low, they will never get caught. Have had the sorry misfortune of having to go either down town or to Mid-Town Community Court to rescue someone who was popped. When they relate how things went down, you really want to slap them sometimes for being so careless.

The smartest thing anyone can do is work for a short a period of time as possible, and get out of the business. If one stays at the job long enough, sooner or later contact with LE is going to happen. It may take 10 years or 10 days, but it will happen. Especailly in an uptight city like NYC that seems to have a thing about sex.

[Ecstatic]

Shining Star, you definitely have an axe to grind here, and no degree of counterpoint is going to change your opinion, so why even try? You have nothing to disabuse me of, please: I've already stated several times that you are right...but only to a point (on a sliding scale which varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction). In point of fact, it's probably more likely for a escort to get busted in East Corn Row, Kansas than in many big cities, both because the community standards are more set against "P" and because of simple numbers, there being far less activity.

There are many reasons Eros girls don't get busted as often as Village Voice girls, including the fact that a high percentage (especially in some cities) travel frequently and there isn't enough time nor interest on the part of LE to crack down on girls who are here one week and then gone for a month, three months, or longer. But local girls who "escort" (a euphemism if ever there was one) out of their own apartments in known parts of a city are far more apt to both be watched by LE and reported by irate neighbors.

Anyway, you say "the smartest thing anyone can do is work for a[s] short a period of time as possible and get out of the business." I'd have to disagree; based on your own reasoning, the smartest thing anyone can do is not escort at all. No risk, no bust, period. But that isn't going to happen, and the percentage of busts is always a fraction of the total traffic. Some jurisdictions place very little emphasis on busting "escorts" without outside complaints because they have deemed it more worthwhile to channel their energies, manpower and money in other areas: this varies of course from place to place and time to time.

Anyway, I really don't disagree with you; if you check my posts, I'm simply saying that, if someone is going to escort, then she should take all the precautions she can. If she wants to guarantee she won't get busted, then she simply shouldn't escort; otherwise, it simply makes sense to minimize your risk as much as possible. LE is not going to bust every escort. It simply won't happen, though to assume therefore that you in particular won't get busted is a fool's gambit.

[ziffy007]

:roll: Interesting Topic ! :roll: I don't know what happens in U.S. Only what I read here ! :roll: Interesting :roll: But it is interesting hearing . I guess bother client and provider need to take care . In London and U.K. where I am , if some one pays or took money for sexual services , no offence is committed .
( There was A Street Offences Act , designed just to prevent Solicitation on the Streets, which in years past had become a problem . More a Planning matter sex cannot be sold on the street anymore than anything else !! :roll: ) If girls tout on the street they can still today be arrested and charged , as can customers they approach a girl who just happens to be a decoy female law officer !
Sex workers in U.K. can be registered and can pay tax and National Insuramce and qualify for governmetn pension , as a legal businesses !
The only offence happens is two or more sex workers work at one address This is then classified as a " brothel " and an offence is committed . Leaving girls working working alone can of course leave them vulnerable , buy many overcome this by employing a receptionist ( often referred to as a " maid " ) who will answer the phone , make refreshments , see in and out clients . If address is raided and the matter wre to end up in a court of law , the sex worker can overcome the charge of being a brothel , by showing that the maid is of such age ( to old ) that it is most unlikely she would be " working ".
Some girls also can overcome this by working at adjacent next premises where they can look out for each other and having " panic alarm buttons .
The law is somewhat strange in U.K. as up until recent times, although selling sex for money was NOT illegal , selling a porn film portraying poeple having sex was for money wass ILLEGAL , and all porn films had to have all explicit scenes edited out , to pass the censorship rules .
The films being quite useless - very few were eversold . There is a actually national chain or porn shops in UK whose owners became extremely rich by selling shrink - wrapped videos purporting the legend " hard porn " but wre in fact of course the usual censcored versions . When the customers got home realising they had been duped they very rarely did anything anything either through sheer embarassment and also becasue buying porn was illegal . If they did return to shop they received a profuse apolology and replacement of an equally useless film - this being repeated until customer got bored or fed up !!! Quite clever if unscupulous !! :roll: ( People wanting the real porn films , bought from illegal shops who paid bribes to officails and got imported and copied tapes from USA and Europe . When the UK became part of Europe the law was changed in line with Europe and now uncensored videos and dvds are openly sold, and sales have sen explosive growth !!
So one could say , today in USA , paying people to be filmed having sex and then selling of such the film is LEGAL but , paying people just to have sex is ILLEGAL !! Strange ! :roll: A
And in UK till recently , paying people to be filmed having sex and then selling of such a film was ILLEGAL but , paying someone just to have sex was and is LEGAL ! Strange ! :roll:
Strange :roll:
The only thing providers can do is to take care I suppose. On the basis of what goes around ifshe were to cause litltle or no inconvenience to neighbours or others provide a fair service at afair price adn in all othr ways be a good citizen , may be all will be well ! o.k. ? Am I being naive ! The badber ones those that rip customers off are likely to get raided , as disgruntled customers having been ripped off cannot go to the beter business bureau , ( do they still have that in US , we have trading standards ) , anyway in all probability customers will tip - off authorities anonymously . On the subject of L. E. officers . Who's to say LE officers may not visit girls as CUSTOMERS , they are human beings too !. If a girl rips - off customers and one just happended to be an off - duty L. E. officer , who would be in a better position than to make sure that girl gets to thr top of the list next time raids are being planned !!
Conversely a nice girl who has been nice to an off duty L. E. Officer , may just be " forgotten about " next time raids are being planned !! :roll:
My two cents or two pence worth is , that people should not interefere with what others do in private , ( except of course if it were ever to involve children , coerecion or force , then those people shoudl get the entire book thrown at them !! )
In U.K. not that long ago until the law was amended gays could , merely for having gay sex BY CONSENT, IN PRIVATE, have been jailed for up to 7 YEARS in U.K.
The genral population never agreed with such now descredited mad laws ,which were only made by politicians and other general busybodies !!
( Don't be put off of U.K. we are not that Dickension ! )
But , How Strange THAT ?????? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll

[Ecstatic]

I think it shows how strange the US is, ziffy. Legal to film and distribute porn (within community standards), but illegal to pay for sex with a willing partner in the privacy of one's home, apartment, or a hotel room. We've a few such odd approaches to law in this country: when they were commonplace in the 60s and 70s, it was legal for "head shops" to sell pipes, bongs, papers, and other materials obviously used for imbibing marijuana, but illegal to sell pot in any quantity. Iirc, the US has jailed more people than any other Western nation, a huge percentage on minor drug busts (and sex busts).

Thanks for sharing the UK perspective.