413047-Underground-Commercial-Sex-Economy

Table 4.8 Stakeholder Perceptions of the UCSE in Atlanta, GA
Venue
Street and
Internet
Massage
parlors
Latino
brothels
Offender
profile
African American
pimps in their 30s
and 40s working
independently
Korean nationals,
but also
southeast Asian
nationalities, such
as Thai and
Indonesian
Latinos, many
from Tenancingo
and Tlaxcala,
Mexico
Employee profile
Largely women, but
also some men and
boys; pimpcontrolled
and non
Older women from
other countries
Mexican women
who were smuggled
Typically between
16–35 years old
Many from
Tenancingo and
Tlaxcala, Mexico
Evidence of
prostitution
X
X
X
Evidence
of
trafficking
X
X
Pricing
Street:
$50–$100/oral sex
$75–150/“full
service”
Internet:
$60–$100/15 min.,
$250–300/hr.
$60 house fee.
Tips in return for
sex acts, $130–500
$30/15 min.
Younger, more
attractive women
may charge $45–
50/15 min.
Open/
Closed
customer
base
Open
Open
Closed –
Hispanic
men only,
sometimes
only from a
specific
town in
Mexico
Customer
profile
Men of all
races/
ethnicities
Men of all
races/
ethnicities
Hispanic
men
Link to gangs, drugs, weapons,
or organized crime
Southeast circuit including
Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and
Virginia.
Bigger track includes parts of the
northeast and southwest:
New York to North Carolina, to
South Carolina, to Georgia, to
Miami, and then across to Dallas
and Vegas
Smuggled women typically move
from brothel to brothel in other
cities
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