DailyFreePress.com - Boston police said they turn to their computers to seek out and shut down illegal massage parlors and prostitution houses in Allston-Brighton, where a john is more likely to look for a trick on Craigslist than a corner. Boston Police Department District D-14 officers monitor Craigslist.org, a free classified ads site, for leads on unlicensed massage parlors and "erotic services" to determine whether prostitution rings run in Allston qualify as sex slavery. Sgt. James Fong, a BPD detective, said Allston-Brighton differs from other neighborhoods because most prostitution advertisements take place inside apartments, houses and hotels -- not on the streets. In their first sweep, officers arrested three women, one of whom had been labeled the "Queen of Craigslist." Fong said they have arrested woman as young as 15 and old as 63, with demographics as varied as college students, mothers, even a limo company owner who "did this on the side." Sgt. Kelley O'Connell, a member of the BPD Human Trafficking Task Force, said one or two women stay at a location for no longer than a week before others replace them. Officers want to arrest apartment owners and Craigslist advertisers who orchestrate prostitution rings, so police interrogate the women to get information about who is behind the operation, she said. "They're participating in this life but won't tell us why or how," O'Connell said. "Police can't connect the dots if people won't testify," he said.


The Boston Police Department has a Human Trafficking Task Force?   Who knew?  Anyway doesn’t the BPD have better things to do than bust up Asian Massage Parlors in Allston-Brighton?   I mean if the slave girls aren’t complaining and the residents aren’t complaining who cares?  It’s not like they’re fucking in public.  We should consider ourselves lucky that they have the common courtesy to rent apartments to conduct their business.  Plus if you get rid of the happy endings in Allston, what does the city have left besides rowdy college kids, Rats and the Super 88?  Nothing that’s what.   If the police really want to help the community they should just try and regulate this industry.  After all there is nothing more frustrating in life than showing up at a massage parlor expecting a 25 year old hottie and ending up with a 63 year old tranny.    That’s where the true crime is.