Quote Originally Posted by AHLUNGOR View Post
What a load of rubbishes, you know that for a fact? You have proof ? How many RnT shops have you been to? You know any shop owners or mamasans personally ?
Since time immemorial, businesses such as prostitution, massage parlors, strip clubs, gambling dens and tattoo parlors have attracted unsavory types from the underworld. Why? Because they generate vast amounts of untraceable cash, facilitate the laundering of profits from the drug trade, and assist with the transportation of people across borders. They also attract the attention of the mafia to generate “protection money”. This is all hidden from the punter.

I’m not LE nor an investigative journalist and don’t have any proof. But you would be very naive to think that all brothel owners and RnT mamasans are pillars of society.

Those that lived in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s would know these businesses were unregulated and police were in on the act. Each week, the “bagman” would drive around to the shops and extort money, which would then be distributed up the line. The Fitzgerald Royal Commission report into police corruption is adequate proof.

Sure, it’s 2021 and we are in Sydney. Does anything really change in this industry when the whole place is awash with drugs and millions of dollars each week need to be flushed through semi legitimate businesses?