Amazon And Google Employees Busted In Asian Sex Trafficking Sting
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Several Seattle employees of both Google and Amazon were busted after using their corporate accounts to send emails to local brothels and pimps looking to purchase services from sex workers trafficked from Asia, according to emails obtained by Newsweek
"[E]mails obtained by Newsweek reveal another sordid corner of the tech sector's treatment of women: a horny nest of prostitution "hobbyists" at tech giants Microsoft, Amazon and other firms in Seattle's high tech alley."_ _
Many of the emails were swept up in a 2015 sting operation which targeted online chat rooms and message boards in which customers rate sex workers - resulting in the arrest of 18 of these "prostitution hobbyists," including several high level Amazon and Microsoft directors - two of which are currently scheduled for trial in March.
Seattle brothels had been catering to Microsoft employees through several "backpage.com" ads located nearby the company's Redmond, WA headquarters, in what is becoming a booming business.
A study commissioned by the Department of Justice found that Seattle has the fastest-growing sex industry in the United States, more than doubling in size between 2005 and 2012. That boom correlates neatly with the boom of the tech sector there. It also correlates to the surge in high-paying jobs, since this "hobby" (the word johns use online to describe buying sex) can be expensive: some of these men spent $30,000 to $50,000 a year, according to authorities.
The tech sector has not only employed a significant number of men who pay for sex with trafficked women, it has also enabled traffickers to more easily reach customers and to hide their business from cops by taking it off the streets and into computers and ultimately, hotel rooms, motels or apartments. In one 24-hour-period in Seattle, an estimated 6,487 people solicited sex on just one of the more than 100 websites that connect buyers with sellers, according to a 2014 study.
Of note, Backpage.com shut down its adult sections in January, citing government pressure following a 2016 Senate report on commercial sex services fingered the website as a hotbed for criminal activity, and stating that "Backpage officials have publicly acknowledged that criminals use the website for sex trafficking, including trafficking of minors."
Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer (Texas AG)
In October, 2016, Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer was arrested in Houston and the company's Dallas headquarters searched. NPR reported at the time that Ferrer, 55, was charged with pimping a minor, pimping and conspiracy to commit pimping. Two controlling shareholders of Backpage — Michael Lacey and James Larkin — also are charged with conspiracy to commit pimping."
The prostitutes trafficked from Asia typically don't speak much English, relying on translation apps to offer services such as "girlfriend" experiences and "Nuru" (nude massage). Many of the women are working their way out of debt bondage, and feared for their lives or those of their families - according to one pimp interviewed during the 2015 sting.
A spokesman for Microsoft said of the emails "Microsoft has a long history of cooperating with law enforcement and other agencies on combating sex trafficking and related topics, and we have employees who volunteer their time and money specifically to combat this issue as well. The personal conduct of a tiny fraction of our 125,000 employees does not in any way represent our culture. No organization is immune to the unfortunate situation when employees act unethically or illegally. When that happens, we look into the conduct and take appropriate action. Microsoft makes it clear to our employees they have a responsibility to act with integrity and conduct themselves in a legal and ethical manner at all times. If they don't, they risk losing their jobs."
Amazon told Newsweek it's investigating the matter, and that "It is against Amazon's policy for any employee or Contingent Worker to engage in any sex buying activities of any kind in Amazon's workplace or in any work-related setting outside of the workplace, such as during business trips, business meetings or business-related social events.' When Amazon suspects that an employee has used company funds or resources to engage in criminal conduct, the company will immediately investigate and take appropriate action up to and including termination. The company may also refer the matter to law enforcement."
Those people could have worked for any other company as well but of course the story is ways more interesting to read whenever it´s about high ranked employees of worldwide renown companies.
Using the logic of bitcoin detractors... Confront these two sentences:
" Bitcoin can be used to buy thing on the dark net. (although it has many uses as fast and decentralized money and although it brings us the incredible blockchain tecnology)" BAN IT! Bitcoin user = dangerous criminal
"This is the proof that corporate accounts and emails are very useful to purchase services from sex workers trafficked from Asia. (although corporate accounts and emails are are very useful for a lot of things) BAN THEM ALL! Email user = dangerous criminal!"
So the question is: do we have to make emails unlegal? Or maybe we have to accept that bitcoin tecnology has a lot of possible uses and we have to carefully work on each one of these uses?
logic is of no importance when it comes to maintaining their control over printing unlimited monies
Catchy headline but I am not sure that there is anything to this other than a few employees engaged in some illegal behavior.
The conspiracy people will have a field day with it since Google, especially, is tied to the core of most conspiracies these days. Amazon is just starting to get into the cross hairs of people so it will be interesting to see how much they get accused of in the next few years.
Corporations are usually snakes but when you employ 25K people, there are bound to be a few who are going to do some illegal stuff.
Yes, it is absolutely impossible to have that many employees and everyone to have the correct moral compass.
Sex is the oldest trade in the world and not limited to middle class. I am not sure what people are finding hard to believe, the fact they used their work emails or that they were from big name companies.
The bit I don't like is that they are trafficking women that are desperate and looking for a way out for a better life
What amazes me is that people keep on doing stuff like this with their company emails. If you want to do stuff like that, at least do some better preparation.
When they arrive the fee is drastically increased to an amount it would take them decades to pay back. Their and their families lives are threatened into compliance. They had no idea they would be forced into prostitution. They may not be under age, but most are very young, As young as 18, The point is they are people and it is human trafficking. Sex slavery to satisfy the kinky and power perversions of loser beta cucks
Sex on the link
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It’s a sick world! Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info @zer0hedge