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Description: "[E]mails obtained by Newsweek reveal another sordid corner of the tech sector’s treatment of women: a horny nest of prostitution “hobbyists” at tech giants Microsoft, Amazon and other firms in Seattle’s high tech alley."
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Date: 2017-12-26T00:00:00Z

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# Amazon And Google Employees Busted In Asian Sex Trafficking Sting

by Tyler Durden
Dec 26, 2017 10:37 AM
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Several Seattle employees of both Google and Amazon were busted after using their corporate accounts to send emails to local brothels and pimps looking to purchase services from sex workers trafficked from Asia, according to emails obtained by Newsweek.

> "[E]mails obtained by Newsweek reveal another sordid corner of the tech sector’s treatment of women: a horny nest of prostitution “hobbyists” at tech giants Microsoft, Amazon and other firms in Seattle’s high tech alley."

Many of the emails were swept up in a 2015 sting operation which targeted online chat rooms and message boards in which customers rate sex workers - resulting in the arrest of 18 of these "prostitution hobbyists," including several high level Amazon and Microsoft directors - two of which are currently scheduled for trial in March.

Seattle brothels had been catering to Microsoft employees through several "backpage.com" ads located nearby the company's Redmond, WA headquarters, in what is becoming a booming business.

> A study commissioned by the Department of Justice found that Seattle has the fastest-growing sex industry in the United States, more than doubling in size between 2005 and 2012. That boom correlates neatly with the boom of the tech sector there. It also correlates to the surge in high-paying jobs, since this “hobby” (the word johns use online to describe buying sex) can be expensive: some of these men spent $30,000 to $50,000 a year, according to authorities.

> The tech sector has not only employed a significant number of men who pay for sex with trafficked women, it has also enabled traffickers to more easily reach customers and to hide their business from cops by taking it off the streets and into computers and ultimately, hotel rooms, motels or apartments. In one 24-hour-period in Seattle, an estimated 6,487 people solicited sex on just one of the more than 100 websites that connect buyers with sellers, according to a 2014 study.

Of note, Backpage.com shut down its adult sections in January, citing government pressure following a 2016 Senate report on commercial sex services fingered the website as a hotbed for criminal activity, and stating that "Backpage officials have publicly acknowledged that criminals use the website for sex trafficking, including trafficking of minors."

Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer (Texas AG)

In October, 2016, Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer was arrested in Houston and the company's Dallas headquarters searched. NPR reported at the time that Ferrer, 55, was charged with pimping a minor, pimping and conspiracy to commit pimping. Two controlling shareholders of Backpage — Michael Lacey and James Larkin — also are charged with conspiracy to commit pimping."

The prostitutes trafficked from Asia typically don't speak much English, relying on translation apps to offer services such as "girlfriend" experiences and "Nuru" (nude massage). Many of the women are working their way out of debt bondage, and feared for their lives or those of their families - according to one pimp interviewed during the 2015 sting.

A spokesman for Microsoft said of the emails "Microsoft has a long history of cooperating with law enforcement and other agencies on combating sex trafficking and related topics, and we have employees who volunteer their time and money specifically to combat this issue as well. The personal conduct of a tiny fraction of our 125,000 employees does not in any way represent our culture. No organization is immune to the unfortunate situation when employees act unethically or illegally. When that happens, we look into the conduct and take appropriate action. Microsoft makes it clear to our employees they have a responsibility to act with integrity and conduct themselves in a legal and ethical manner at all times. If they don’t, they risk losing their jobs."

Amazon told Newsweek it's investigating the matter, and that "It is against Amazon's policy for any employee or Contingent Worker to engage in any sex buying activities of any kind in Amazon's workplace or in any work-related setting outside of the workplace, such as during business trips, business meetings or business-related social events.' When Amazon suspects that an employee has used company funds or resources to engage in criminal conduct, the company will immediately investigate and take appropriate action up to and including termination. The company may also refer the matter to law enforcement."

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Intelligence_In... Dec 26, 2017 10:38 AM

Niggers.

BarkingCat Intelligence_Insulter Dec 26, 2017 10:44 AM

Very unlikely.

There are probably very few than working at those at these two companies in positions that pay enough money to support that kind of a habit.

BennyBoy BarkingCat Dec 26, 2017 10:49 AM

Bezos and Schmidt's "hobbyists".

Never One Roach BennyBoy Dec 26, 2017 11:11 AM

Like Joe Biden and Al Franken, these employees were just "very very friendly" with the gals.

IH8OBAMA Never One Roach Dec 26, 2017 11:16 AM

So, I can order a sex worker right from my Amazon account? That's a bonus if she doesn't speak English. (or just doesn't speak at all)

Slomotrainwreck IH8OBAMA Dec 26, 2017 11:41 AM

Microsoft said of the emails ...

Amazon told Newsweek...

Nothing but BULLSH!T

overbet Slomotrainwreck Dec 26, 2017 11:54 AM

The Chinese mafia tells them its XXX$ to come here and theyll work it off doing normal labor secretary or something like that. When they get here the price triples or more. They force them to work as sex slaves. If the girls try to leave they are told their families back home will be killed. Of course big tech supports this.

Miss Expectations Slomotrainwreck Dec 26, 2017 12:00 PM

Members of the NBB* network

Nothing But Bullshit, aptly named Slomotrainwreck.

PT IH8OBAMA Dec 26, 2017 11:43 AM

Remember when the internet first got invented and the telescreen told everyone it was anonymous?

I never understood that at the time because I thought, "Well if it really is anonymous then how will they know how much data you have used and how will they know where to send the bill?"

Anyway, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Anonymous Internet. (Yes, I do realize some things have been changed around since then.)
CDs are virtually indestructible, scratch-proof, cheap and don't need cleaning.
Your phone bill will be cheaper.
Broadband is faster.
Oh look! There goes the police helicopter!

Yukon Cornholius IH8OBAMA Dec 26, 2017 11:47 AM

If one spends even a small amount of time with the type of person who works for these tech companies (I used to play poker with the team from Bioware Games) one quickly understannds why they need to pay for poon.

NERRRRRRRRDDDDSSSS! Nerds! Nerds! Nerds! Nerds! Nerds! Nerds!

DownWithYogaPants Yukon Cornholius Dec 26, 2017 12:11 PM

They pay for poon because the dating market in the USA is horrible for men. My first Brazilian girlfriend said "I have seen sooooo many good looking men in the USA and they are always with uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugly women."

Let me disabuse you of your erroneous point of view: While in Brazil I often see "nurds" with very attractive girlfriends who they would never get in the USA due to the extreme shortage of beauties in the USA. Seriously US males have been badly cheated.

Ok so girls from Korea who come to the USA willingly are now being "trafficked"

sounds like just some more crap to justify the war against hetero males. The new puritans on the left can't have us reproducing.

Likewise American females being on average quite deficient in the looks department are trying to control the domestic market for pussy. Sorry. Won't work. You can always cultivate female friends on the internet then fly to a country with some acceptable females instead of these purple haired feminist reject women.

Just say NO to purple haired SJW feminists.

shovelhead BarkingCat Dec 26, 2017 11:23 AM

Besides that, who wants to buy nasty hoochie mama nappy headed ho dark meat?

GUS100CORRINA shovelhead Dec 26, 2017 12:09 PM

Amazon And Google Employees Busted In Asian Sex Trafficking Sting

My response: UNBELIEVABLE!!! Another SIGN we are living in the LAST DAYS!!!

ABSOLUTE MONEY and POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY!!!

Is it any wonder why SPAM gmail coming from AMAZON AWS is so vile at times?

ShrimpinAin'tEasy Dec 26, 2017 10:39 AM

Pimpin ain't easy ~ oh wait!

BabaLooey ShrimpinAin'tEasy Dec 26, 2017 11:41 AM

Bezos the money loser and Schmoogle.........

A pile of CRAP...........

..............but I repeat myself.....dammit

CHIIEFHANGMAN Dec 26, 2017 10:40 AM

It seems like the number of pervs running around outnumber 'normal' folks.

Must be the 'new' normal.

sun tzu CHIIEFHANGMAN Dec 26, 2017 10:52 AM

Why is it perv to pay an adult for sex? Yet if you film it, then it's protected as freedom of expression

JB Say sun tzu Dec 26, 2017 11:07 AM

If there is a slavery problem, fix that. Nothing else here should be illegal. Its a massive waste of public resources to police these transactions.

Never One Roach JB Say Dec 26, 2017 11:13 AM

They should consider allowing prostitutes "free agents."

After all, the football felons are and no one sayz anything.

PT Never One Roach Dec 26, 2017 11:48 AM

"He just wanted to rent my room for an hour. Other things happened becoz he woz a nice man."
"I charged him $100 to tell him what time it is. That's wot I do for a living. Then he woz a nice man and things got carried away."
"No, I'm just a cleaner. He said, 'polish this knob' ..."

NumberNone sun tzu Dec 26, 2017 11:46 AM

What's a horny nerd to do in liberal heaven? It's harassment to talk to a girl at work and it's rape to talk to a girl outside of work.

Paying is their call but is it consensual when the girl is smuggled into the country in shipping container and family threatened?

ic_Slayer Dec 26, 2017 10:45 AM

And not a single fuck was given, not by anybody. It's normalized, it will go on. Nobody has the GUTS in this coward soceity to stand up for what's right. Keep sucking that Amazon and Google TIT you cowards. Me? I put my money where my mouth is. I don't use anything google, I don't use anything Amazon. I'm not on social media! You should too, but you love the google tit. People celebrating the death of the T.V? Say hello to the new mind control -THE INTERNET! FUCKWADS!

IF PEOPLE HAD ANY SENSE OF REALITY LEFT IN THEM, THERE WOULD BE ANTI TRUST LAWS SLAPPED ON THESE FASCIST MEGA CORPORATIONS ALREADY! <----

BarkingCat ic_Slayer Dec 26, 2017 10:46 AM

What phone do you use?

How about a tablet?

ShrimpinAin'tEasy BarkingCat Dec 26, 2017 11:22 AM

All of this fucking going on, and not a single fuck ever being given!

pigpen ic_Slayer Dec 26, 2017 11:08 AM

IC, I use YouTube but run it out of brave browser. Brave blocks advertising, tracking and malware by DEFAULT in any device and operating system. Brave allows me to listen to YouTube with my phone screen off in my pocket. I'm not paying for you tube red.

I make Google pay for the server and infrastructure and then render their business model useless

He who controls the browser controls the money.

Brave browser, once you see how fast it is you will never go back to another.

Destroy the goobook monopolies with Brave.

Cheers,

Pigpen

atlas_crumbles pigpen Dec 26, 2017 12:04 PM

Try hooktube. Use firefox, go to hooktube and install the addon script. It is a front end for youtube.

Three good add-ons for firefox- "smart referer", and "skip redirect" as it stops google from knowing where you came from and what result you clicked on. "Ublock orgin" will block ads, except for infowars. Must be in house ads there.

Zerohedge needs to use https. I think the libturds are ahead of the game on a technical level. They seem to run their news servers much better. I am talking about https. How easy is it for man in the middle to capture your zerohedge username and password, then impersonate you. Really easy with http. letsencrypt (its free)

yellowsub ic_Slayer Dec 26, 2017 11:23 AM

Unfortunately, we're already beyond boycotting as a significant means to hurt these companies.

Daily life in America is still acceptable and what's allowing these companies to grow so large isn't the company itself but who's been running your gov't. They've been too busy trying to take over the world.

shovelhead ic_Slayer Dec 26, 2017 11:26 AM

More Govt. control is always the solution for some folks.

Go figure.

PitBullsRule ic_Slayer Dec 26, 2017 11:39 AM

I use Amazon Prime for building supplies, it gets delivered for free and I get a big discount with their credit card rebate. It saves me from doing the Home Depot load-the-cart-unload-the-cart-in-the-parking-lot marathon. The shipping is free!

Plus I get free movies, its great!

PT PitBullsRule Dec 26, 2017 11:57 AM

You may not be able to see it but you are actually killing yourself. Yes, yes, lots of other people are killing themselves too. It's quite trendy these days.

I don't care if I pay more. I prefer to give my money to nice people.
So perhaps I will spend the rest of my life feeling poor. I don't give a shit. I need to look after the nice people. They will die if I do not look after them. They live next door to me. They ensure I live in a nice town.

Maybe I will lose anyway. I don't give a shit. Either way I was not going to win.

newdoobie ic_Slayer Dec 26, 2017 11:43 AM

comments on ZH is social media

PT newdoobie Dec 26, 2017 11:59 AM

Yes, but us ZH Zombies are soooooooo much better than all the other Interweb Zombies. Why, they just dribble shit on the Interwebs but WE dribble shit on ZH!

wisebastard Dec 26, 2017 10:44 AM

hahaha.....how corrupt are these companies that they even considered using corprate accounts????.....imagine working for Rotorrooter and using your work van for amred robberies......

hooligan2009 Dec 26, 2017 10:45 AM

an apple a day keeps sex workers at play

HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Dec 26, 2017 10:48 AM

I went to school with a gal that works at MS. I am guessing she would be shocked to hear that her fellow employees were hiring hookers.

Nothing shocks me. I hate Seattle. What a dirty, cold, crappy little city full of faggots and tech Tards.

I can't wait until Mt. Rainier goes off and Seattle is hit by a 9.5 earthquake. Good.

Never One Roach HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Dec 26, 2017 11:14 AM

Lots of people hate Seattle now that it has become a Venezuala in many ways. Several Chinese-Americans I know there have moved away for that reason. They say it have become a crime-infested, far left cesspool.

HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Never One Roach Dec 26, 2017 11:33 AM

Smart. I live 60 miles south of Shitattle. I hate it. I hate this place because I am surrounded by utter morons.

I hate to say I graduated from the University of Washington. It used to be a great state school. Until the fucking commies infested every fucking department and ruined it.

This was a beautiful state. Now? Good luck dealing with the Agenda 21 fucktards and the people that claim being human is destroying the earth and the people that are climate freaks and want to off every human being except themselves.

I can't stand the commies, the ecofreaks, and the do gooders.

GeezerGeek HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 Dec 26, 2017 11:50 AM

If the roughly 50% of the population that thinks humanity is the problem would simply stop eating and drinking they'd eventually die. That would buy time for the rest of us. But no, they don't want to make things better, they just want to impose their will on you and me.

HRH of Aquitaine 2.0 GeezerGeek Dec 26, 2017 11:58 AM

Exactly. It is all about them controlling other people.

Why can't they just mind their own fucking business? Leave me the fuck alone. I am not a criminal. I pay my taxes.

Sick and tired of the freaks that think I support their idiocy. No, I do not.

pods Dec 26, 2017 10:49 AM

Make it legal and all this goes away.

Why should the government be the one to tell you what you can do with your body?

Then they can focus on catching the kid fuckers. They don't even have to leave DC for that.

pods

Bay of Pigs pods Dec 26, 2017 10:58 AM

Its ridiculous. One trip to Thailand showed me how retarded the West is about this issue.

Nobody has a gun to your head if you find it offensive or wrong. Live and let live. Believe me, there is nothing bad at all about having a massage with a Happy Ending.

Milton Keynes Bay of Pigs Dec 26, 2017 11:25 AM

One trip to Nevada.

SpinyNorman Bay of Pigs Dec 26, 2017 12:10 PM

Amen, brother!

WillyGroper pods Dec 26, 2017 11:10 AM

"Make it legal and all this goes away."

exactly what was done w/U1 so it too is noise.

posted a coupla weeks ago, this site links piglosi & kamala to the dirty money. the pig didn't return it cuz she spent it.

bezos & gates will be swept up in this mess.

buttmint pods Dec 26, 2017 11:25 AM

Have MERCY!

Can you please bring together your hands in PRAYER? Let US ALL Pray to the Pussy Pastor....

The Reverend Jerry Lavigne Jr!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tXDBiCvwZ4

cherry picker pods Dec 26, 2017 11:44 AM

I agree 100%

But then I ask myself, with Amazon experimenting with drones and A1, I wonder why these guys just don't buy one of these artifical. talking, lifelike blow up dolls. They could save a pile of coin. :)

Aerows cherry picker Dec 26, 2017 12:00 PM

Because it isn't just about the sex. It's the Master of the Universe, I can have a harem, ideal that some get caught up in. When the bubble of that bursts, they ... uh ... are left with limp wreckage and nothing to show for it.

buttmint Dec 26, 2017 10:52 AM

...why pay high USA prices for Asian clam?

It's $30 or less. SE Asia is the globe's low cost pussy provider---get used to it.

Think American women are about to step up to the plate?

Stan522 Dec 26, 2017 10:54 AM

What a fucked up world we all live in......

Petrodollar Sys... Dec 26, 2017 10:56 AM

these "leaders" should be serving as role models by getting married and staying faithful.

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