Old story (Aug 2019), but still worthwhile. Feds busted four hotels in Atlanta for profiting from sex trafficking.

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime–law/breaking-atlanta-area-hotels-face-sex-trafficking-lawsuits/B9Wy8bMUOV60eWuqdjlWWN/

4 Atlanta-area hotels face federal sex trafficking lawsuits

Aug 28, 2019

By Alexis Stevens, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Employees of four Atlanta-area hotels knew sex trafficking was taking place, but instead of reporting the illegal activity they profited from it, according to federal lawsuits filed late Monday.

As many as 20 men a day visited hotel rooms for short periods of time — an indicator of sex trafficking — and some women were forced to stay at the hotels for weeks, four trafficking survivors contend. Meanwhile, employees were paid to keep quiet and act as lookouts in case police arrived or other hotel guests were suspicious, the four lawsuits state.

The lawsuits are the first of their kind in Georgia to target hotels, rather than the individuals trafficking women, according to two Gwinnett County attorneys, Jonathan Tonge and Pat McDonough. The pair represent four unidentified trafficking victims."

[Moar at website]