Yesterday 370 police officers raided 140 brothels. One of the aims of these raids was to rescue trafficked ladies. If we are to believe all the hype, the country is awash with trafficked ladies under the control of brutal pimps.
Lets look at some figures:
Today there are 576 female escorts advertising on EI. I think this figure might be a little low today due to the recent publicity. To keep matters simple let's say there is an average of 650 ladies advertising daily.
Lets say there are 50 real independent ladies - independent as in keeping all their earnings, working alone, organising and paying for their own photos, accomadation and advertising etc. This figure is a complete guesstimate, out of my head.
650 less 50 indies leaves 600 ladies.
It is possible that some ladies have dublicate profiles, lets take a guess - 100 profiles duplicated.
600 less 100 duplicates = 500 ladies.
Are we to believe that there are 500 trafficked / pimped ladies in the country. If you have 140 brothels and put 3.5 ladies (I dread to think how a pimp gets 1/2 a lady) into each one you end up with 490 ladies! Maybe the figures do stack up
How come with 500 trafficked ladies/victims in the country the police could only find 3 ladies to rescue - a success rate of 0.6%.
Not great is it?