Seven Limerick brothels shut since start of year as gardai highlight trafficking

[Westsidex]

The recent brothel cases in Cork had no trafficking involved and what do they do? They close them down. The recent brothel cases in Dublin had no trafficking involved and what do they do? They close them down. Most of the girls work of their own free will. There are bound to be cases of trafficking and its important that they do close these but they are going the wrong way about it.

It would be like saying some guy stole my car so im going to kick the shit out of every guy i see driving the same car as mine. Its a back to front approach that wont work and the proof is in the history in that have they come any closer to protecting trafficked girls? No they havnt.

Because of ppl like Ruhama, the industry gets driven further underground, further out of the way and public eye and increases the chances of trafficked girls not being freed. They are actually helping traffickers.

Westside.

[Milfminx]

The recent brothel cases in Cork had no trafficking involved and what do they do? They close them down. The recent brothel cases in Dublin had no trafficking involved and what do they do? They close them down. Most of the girls work of their own free will. There are bound to be cases of trafficking and its important that they do close these but they are going the wrong way about it.

It would be like saying some guy stole my car so im going to kick the shit out of every guy i see driving the same car as mine. Its a back to front approach that wont work and the proof is in the history in that have they come any closer to protecting trafficked girls? No they havnt.

Because of ppl like Ruhama, the industry gets driven further underground, further out of the way and public eye and increases the chances of trafficked girls not being freed. They are actually helping traffickers.

Westside.

I agree with you on this, as someone who worked pre internet I have seen my fair share of distressing sights .
Many blame the internet for trafficing and forced prostitution, however there were times in the past when I would
have been very grateful for a site like this that I could log onto and get assistance such as is available here .

xxx
Milfminx

[Westsidex]

What these guys dont realise is this. Once a girl gets her head around the job and once she is used to it ,it offers HUGE advantages to her. She has more time, more money and more control of her day than in a normal job. Im not saying its an easy job and im not saying its all as glamorous as it appears but i am saying that there is very good financial to time invested benefit and if a girl has a good head on her and uses the money wisely and knows when to call it a day ,she will do very well.

Westside.

[espensen]

Wouldn't it be great if maybe one of the escorts did a radio interview and said she was there of her own free will, the gardai manhandled her etc, it would make a complete show of the guards and make people realise that escorting is here to stay and that this is just a blip in the system.

[warmcome]

If something is popular/addictive and the state ban it, unscrupulous type people
with nothing to lose, will control that illicit activity.

Hopefully, escorting will avoid this, but drugs (soft and hard) have been victim
of this foolish/care-lacking standpoint.

[Experienced Punter esq]

regarding the Romanians working in the city its incredible how they got away with it for so long they were busted recently prior to that walked outside pubs one straight across the road from a primary school outside nightclubs too two of my friends robbed they take u up a side roads scumbag pimps arrive u have to hand over your money, these scum operated openly but it was only a mater of time before they were caught out - great country this which opens the doors & allows this venom to litter the streets...

[Westsidex]

its even more riduclas when independant girls get hassle from guards etc but the pimps and brothels get left alone

Its because technically , the indepts are brothels if they are working together in the eyes of the law. This is the problem, if girls work together for protection or security or even just for company or peace of mind generally ,they are still a brothel.

Sincerely,
Westside.

[Lucy Chambers]

Is that the case if the lady had a receptionist? I am unsure of the law in The Republic Of Ireland, but the laws in the UK certainly sound similar. My understanding is that a Independant who is working with a receptionist not offering sexual services will not be falling foul of the law, as only one person is one the premises offering sex. In theory, the receptionist could be prosecuted, but that rarely happens in the UK. Its a nonsensical law, but if girls could perhaps have a 'non' working friend with them it would be preferable to being alone.

[carlos marvado]

I agree Westie. What is interesting about the article from Limerick and other such articles, is that brothels have now become synonymous with trafficking.......if two escorts share a premises, then it is legally a brothel. If they are independents, they are sharing a premises for a) added security, b) to reduce their individual overheads and c) because they may work together as a duo or d) because they rent a bedroom in an apartment for a period of time and some other escort is renting the other bedroom in the apartment. Brothels do not automatically equate with either agencies, pimps or trafficking.

Interestingly from what was written on another post on this thread, these Romanian girls and their pimps seem to be openly parading around the streets of Limerick touting for business at will while the Gardai go after the off street trade. Would it not make more sense to get them off the streets, where the general public and children in particular would not be confronted with these activities and tackle those who are controlling them, then going after non-trafficked escorts who are motivated in trying to make money for themselves and conduct themselves with some discretion between four walls.

Maybe the powers that be would prefer street-walkers so that they can satisfy their voyeuristic proclivities.

[An don]

The recent brothel cases in Cork had no trafficking involved and what do they do? They close them down. The recent brothel cases in Dublin had no trafficking involved and what do they do? They close them down. Most of the girls work of their own free will.

Westside.

As you quite correctly stated there was no trafficking involved and the probably most of the girls probably did work of their own free will but that does not take away from the fact that there was a pimp/madam involved in these brothels living of the earnings of these girls which is illegal in this state( i think). Thats why they were shut down.