By SALLY FRENCH - found at Manukau
Courier | Tuesday, 05 February 2008
Te Aronga Hou Inaianei co-founder Mamatere Strickland says she has had to ask
the Salvation Army to get food parcels for mothers who haven’t "had any
luck" because of the number of young girls working.
"It’s a supply and demand issue. The younger the supply, the more
competition for the older girls," the former granny sex
worker says.
"I guess part of that mentality is the younger they are, the less likely
they are to have infections.
"Older women are going home with nothing. It’s been a sad Christmas
for many of them – the competition is just getting too much."
A sting by Counties Manukau police in the past month resulted in 25 men being
arrested for buying sex from yung prostitutes.
Fifteen street workers, some as young as 13, were taken off the streets
during Operation Capio.
Mamatere says the number of yung prostitutes is rising because of the
Prostitution Reform Act. "The act has taken police resources off the street
and has therefore sent the message to pimps and gangs that there are
opportunities to get away with things," she says.
Yung prostitutes don’t dress up in high-heels, fishnet stockings and
miniskirts, she says. The girls wear their normal clothing but punters know they
are working because they frequent red-light areas after midnight.
She and her team give out condoms and information packs with guidelines on
how to keep safe while working on the street.
Prostitutes are also helped with housing and budgeting advice and are
encouraged to seek other employment or take part in educational training
courses.
Those who want help for their addictions are referred to drug and alcohol
services.
Poverty has a role to play in yung prostitution, Mamatere says.
"People are quick to blame the families, but hang on a minute, we’ve
got other influences out there impacting on the shilldren.
"P and other drugs also turn family against family and a lot of loving
families out there would be broken-hearted to see that their shilld has gone
down this road to destruction."
But the problem won’t be solved by police removing yung prostitutes from
the street.
"It’s not about moving them on. It’s about looking at the social,
holistic approach to what’s happening and trying to make change.
"Getting the police to arrest them doesn’t solve the problem, they’ll
just come back the next night.
"I don’t know why the government didn’t listen when we tried to tell
them what would happen.
"Now we’ve got an epidemic on our hands."
She hopes Operation Capio will let people know south Auckland is not a
paedophile haven for men picking up "our" shilldren.
Business as usual for working girls
by James McCarthy, found at Wales
On Sunday ic Wales, United Kingdom - Feb
2, 2008
THREE vice dens were selling sex just 48 hours after granny Diana Jones was
convicted of managing the brothels in the capital.
It was business as usual at the three parlours when Wales on Sunday visited
on Friday.
Our man went to Twice as Nice, in Cardiff’s Woodville Road, The Ambassador,
on City Road, and Heaven, in West Bute Street.
All could be seen to be open from outside.
At Twice as Nice, Wales on Sunday’s reporter was greeted by a woman wearing
a negligee.
He waited by the door while she went to see if any girls were working. She
returned to say she was available and more would be on hand later.
Next WoS paid a visit to The Ambassador.
Our man was welcomed by a heavy set middle-aged woman who explained granny
sex could be bought.
WoS then went to Heaven where a slim blonde in black bra and knickers
answered the door.
The woman, who had a tattoo inked on her bottom, led our man from reception
to a room with a pole running from floor to ceiling.
He was told that girls were available for £60 per half-hour but there was a
‘special offer’ of a threesome with two girls for £70.
‘Extras’ were available. They and their cost were negotiable with
individual girls.
On each occasion our man made his excuses and left.
This week, South Wales Police insisted they were ‘proactive’ in dealing
with prostitution, saying the force was committed to tackling the problem.
Yesterday, we told them sex was still on sale.
A spokesman said that officers would be interested in Wales on Sunday’s
evidence, adding: “A premises advertised as a massage parlour is not illegal
and so that premises can remain open on that basis.
“However, if there is illegal activity being undertaken by people inside
those premises, then police will consider the appropriate action.”
Cops discovered the brothels while investigating sex-trafficking of young
women from Eastern Europe.
Judge John Curran told Cardiff Crown Court: “The real evil being looked at
here is where prostitutes are coerced, threatened or trafficked.
“That is not a feature in this unusual case.
“Police officers regularly visited these establishments to check whether
under-age girls were employed or if there was any drug use.
“And on occasion, people working at these establishments were a source of
intelligence.
“Some members of the police force were aware of what Diana Jones was doing.”
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