Sounds like the Boat Trip arrests last year, or is it something new?
Are these arrest being conducted on people (African American) hanging out in big groups as in the "sex boat" trip last year? Are they just narrowing these arrest on these folk because they stand out like sore thumbs? I'm headed in that direction within the next 3 months and I definitely will stay out of their big termas until someone can tell us what the hell is up over there. I can hit all the small cheap ones and let you all know how it went. This sucks!
on the busts and AFAM men
Hi Lover Boy,
I doubt black people got targeted in these raids. There were a FEW black faces in the Natal raid pictures. But in Brazil we should expect to see some black faces. Most likely, they were not even from the USA.
And in the Copa raids I wil bet anybody busted is involved in actual sex tourism. That is what happened last year with the boat raid.
Somebody here mentioned they could be targeting AFAMS in large groups. That is no likely. Remember the boat incident last year was caused by some guy who was coordinating the sex--we call it pimping in the US--not because there were a lot of black men there.
Let's not get paranoid about Rio. And blacks who read these posts should remember that the overwhelming majority of people busted have NOt been black!
TJ
Fully agree with you, Macunaima...
Can´t really see how a mongers´association would have any weight in such a struggle, considering the current backlash against the hobby. Not that mongers would ever be organized enough to put something like this up, totally agree. But how about a providers´association? After all, prostitution in and by itself is legal in Brazil, and customers, Brazilian or not, who seek such services are also not breaking the law in any way. But at the same time, denying entry to foreigners who seek the services of Brazilian prostitutes and, mostly, pay good rates by Brazilian standards certainly is CLEARLY interfering with the rights of Brazilian sex workers to conduct business as they please. And I certainly can´t imagine that the Copacabana GDPs would be too happy about THAT.
The other really troubling aspect about it is that, well, if you need a visa and are denied one, you might actually be better off, considering that, at least, you don´t spend all the money on a plane ticket and all the time traveling there. Imagine you get there and are sent back on the next plane without any explanation given. Scary. Can´t really imagine that the airlines would be too happy about that. We might have international background checks before you can buy a ticket. In that case, an international monger database can´t be far off....