Or they move on to open shop at a new location.
Also can a HJ or BJ be considered sexual service? men can get erected to shoot even from massage right?
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Sorry, I got lost after "what you say sounds reasonable".
No, actually clarified a lot.
what is the point of moving to a new location and doing the same thing, especially when your name is on the police record, and if you get caught, you are a repeat offender and face heavier fines and possibly jail ?
you move to a new location, you sign a new lease for 6 months or so ... can you be sure you can make the money back before getting done again ?
of course a HJ or BJ is considered sexual service, especially they touch/massage your sex organ ... nice question.
some of the raids are conducted because the owner might have had a record for exploitation of women
I'm not going into all the other stuff you've written, but you can actually be charged just for being on the premises of an illegal brothel, unless you have a valid reason. You don't need to be caught in the act. The police don't need proof to charge you, that is up to the prosecutor in court. Being there just for a standard massage is not considered a valid reason.
Noted, I'm a total newbie to this so do forgive my stupid questions.
It's not difficult for the police to figure out which shop/MLs provide sexual services right? But you still see massage shops like those everywhere, which means its kinda safe/relatively harmless for these transactions even though they are illegal.
Same for the WLs advertised on E&B or Scarlet Blue, many of them don't even have valid working visa/pay tax, and earn shit tons of money off horny blokes
hmm. i don't think that is accurate. you can't really be charged for being on the premises of an illegal brothel. how do you know that it is illegal ? when you go into a pub, or a restaurant, do you ever check if they have a licence to operate as such ? i don't think anyone does. also, i have not heard of anyone getting charged just for being on the premises of an illegal brothel.
there are a lot of readers in here. can anyone tell me if they have ever been charged for that ?
obviously if you are caught in the act- no contest; if you reasonably have knowledge of services being offered and you accepted it anyway- well dont forget it's illegal to offer and illegal to accept - and what happens if you phone is requested to be hand over for messages to be checked or that the ML/WL messages with you indicated clear knowledge of illegal activities notwithstanding you may have deleted the message - Yes they do require proof but might not be as hard as you think...
Another case of prosecuting a crime where there is no victim.
Popeye is correct. Merely being on the premises (without a valid reason) of an illegal brothel is expressly a crime.
Not sure about the legit massage defense being valid or not though.
Before we get the usual dickwits arguing over shit they know nothing about.
"69 Offence of being in or entering or leaving prohibited
brothel
(1) A person must not be found in or entering or leaving a
prohibited brothel.
Maximum penalty—60 penalty units or 1 year’s
imprisonment.
(2) However, a person other than the owner or occupier of the
premises does not commit an offence if the person was in or
entering or leaving the premises for a lawful purpose.
(3) Also, the owner or occupier does not commit an offence if the
owner or occupier enters the premises under a court order."
The NSW Sex Industry
Sex work, running a sex industry business and being a sex worker are all legal in NSW—but only if they are done according to NSW laws and regulations.
Anyone over 18 may provide sexual services to a person over the age of consent in exchange for money, goods or favours.
‘Brothels’ or sex services premises are regulated by local councils, just like other businesses. Street sex work is lawful as long as it is not near or within view of a dwelling, school, church or hospital. A dwelling is any home or residence not attached to a shop or commercial premises.
https://swop.org.au/the-nsw-sex-indu...20or%20favours.
This might help abit
NSW law on a Qld thread? No help at all.
this part might be correct.
BUT !!!
like i mentioned earlier, make no mistake. the law is very very technical.
A person must not be found in or entering or leaving a "'prohibited brothel."'
how does one know that the brothel has been prohibited ? the law states that the courts or the police MUST have put a notice in the local papers ( thereby informing the general public ) naming the brothel and that it has been prohibited and ordered to cease its operations. ONLY THEN can the brothel be considered a '"prohibited brothel'"
ALSO ... note the word brothel. a brothel is NOT a massage shop. the law is very very technical. when you walk into a massage shop, signs and all saying it is a massage shop, in the eyes of the law, no way is this place a brothel. it DOES NOT MATTER what people know or what people think or what people assume.
i'm not going to waste my time explaining the law or the technical aspects of it in here. there is no benefit for me. as for the others, maybe they want to put the fear in people or maybe they themselves are cops and are trying to use scare tactics in here so as to make their jobs easier etc etc i don't know.
as always, happy punting.
Once again, to save the inevitable bullshit replies and moronic claims about how well people understand the law. The previous quote was from the Prostitution Act. The following is from the Criminal Code
"http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cc189994/s229i.html
229I Persons found in places reasonably suspected of being used for prostitution etc.
(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse, is found in, or leaving after having been in, a place suspected on reasonable grounds of being used for the purposes of prostitution by 2 or more prostitutes commits a crime."
your quote is from the Prostitution Act.
a massage shop is hardly a place where prostitutes gather. i don't think you are on the same page as carlco777 with regards to this debate. no wonder even though i see mr carlco777 is online, he does not even bother to say anything further in here.
i was present at the massage shops when they got raided. twice. two different locations. Acacia Ridge and most recently, Southport.
both times, i was asked what i was doing there. both times i said i was there for a massage, nothing else. not once did they ask for my name or to see my ID. both times they just told me to be on my way while they conducted their investigations.