Detroit Adult Entertainment: Droulliard Road: Down but not out
July 23, 2010 at 10:25 pm | In Detroit adult entertainment | No Comments… I remember when I was first starting the church and we moved here, I had people who said, âOh, I donât feel safe walking down that street,â or, âI wouldnât let my kids go there,ââ says Kevin Rogers, pastor of New Song Church, which opened its doors in a former bar on Drouillard in 1997.
âThat kind of past history and reputation has soured a lot of people from seeing that itâs a fairly positive community.â
âPositiveâ is not likely the word that leaps to mind when most Windsorites think of Drouillard. But despite its reputation for crime, drugs and prostitution, this is a neighbourhood of small graces and big dreams, where residents seed wildflower mix in their city parks and where everyone â including the criminals, the âcrackerjacksâ (crack addicts) and the prostitutes â is invited to the dinner table.
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Detroit Adult Entertainment: Four Individuals Indicted for Conspiracy to Coerce and Entice Acts of …
July 23, 2010 at 10:25 pm | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsFour Individuals Indicted for Conspiracy to Coerce and Entice Acts of Prostitution and Money Laundering
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The defendants are believed to have owned and operated Miami Companions, which was, at one time, one of the largest prostitution organizations in the United States. The Miami Companions organization previously had a large presence in the Eastern District of Michigan, until agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Southeast Michigan Crimes Against Children ( SEMCAC ) task force made several arrests in 2009. The Miami Companions organization sent prostitutes to the Detroit. Michigan area, to include hotels in Southfield, Romulus, Novi, and Canton, for an extended period of time starting in the early 2000s until March 2009. Michigan was one of the most popular destinations for Miami Companion prostitutes.
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The CARRS are believed to have laundered more than $4 million in proceeds from their prostitution organization in numerous bank accounts in different names in order to conceal their illegal activities. In addition, the CARRS transferred millions of dollars to …
Detroit Adult Entertainment: 5 held in cross-country sex ring
July 23, 2010 at 12:13 am | In Detroit adult entertainment | No CommentsFederal investigators announced the arrests of five people linked to a Miami-based dating service that allegedly provided prostitutes across the country.
The Feds said that Miami Companions was among the largest prostitution rings in the United States.
The company rented exotic beach houses where clients paid for sex and sent women to Boston, Chicago and the Detroit area – until Michigan authorities began making arrests, investigators said.
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The Carrs, Michelle Matarazzo, 36, of Crystal River, and Nayubet Loani Swaso, 24, of Tamarac, were named in a six-count indictment charging conspiracy to coerce and entice prostitution, coercion and enticement of prostitution, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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The company began sending prostitutes to the Detroit area in the early 2000s, authorities said, and continued to do business there until March 2009, when several arrests were made by the FBI and Southeast Michigan Crimes Against Children task force.
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