So far, none of the agencies have released video tied to the recent prostitution sweep, and only one agency, Vero Beach Police Department, was able to charge someone with human trafficking by way of racketeering.Cellphone video of a Black boy naked and whimpering while being whipped in Brazil allegedly for stealing four chocolate bars is dredging up a painful history in the country for Black Brazilians.
And we certainly wouldn't have been able to identify 100 men that were availing themselves of these trafficked women,” said Snyder. We would not have been able to charge money laundering. “Without the video surveillance, without the clear picture that we now have of the operation…we would not have been able to charge racketeering. “Now we're seeing that bleed into other areas of the law for law enforcement to use.” “After 9/11, we started to see a more expanded role, and the purpose was essentially, to go after terrorists,” said Gregory Salnick, a criminal defense attorney in West Palm Beach. However, the data shows only three percent of all granted sneak-and-peek warrants were for sex crimes, compared to the 73 percent of sneak-and-peek warrants granted for drug offenses. Nationally, in the same time period, that number grows to more than 14,000. To get permission for a "sneak and peek," detectives must try all other investigative methods first.Īccording to the recently unsealed sneak-and-peek warrants in Martin County, "video surveillance the only option" to further the investigation.Ĭontact 5 dug found, here in Florida, 295 sneak and peak warrants were granted from October 2016 to September 2017, according to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. RELATED: Underground website '' helps customers find illicit massage parlors “We know we have uncovered a transnational, international racketeering enterprise right here in Martin County.” “The warrant, allowing us to go in and put those video cameras where we could get an eyeball view of what was going on, has opened this whole thing up,” said Snyder. According to police, cameras were planted in five of the eight spas investigated. In total, five agencies participated in the massage parlor bust, each one responsible for spas in their jurisdictions. Other agencies quickly followed Martin County’s lead. It was all done by a ruse,” said Snyder, who confirmed his deputies posed as repairmen to get inside the spas. “There were no covert break-ins by law enforcement to place those cameras. Recently unsealed sneak-and-peek warrants filed in Martin County show detectives hope to use the cameras to captures signs of prostitution and racketeering inside the massage parlors. Snyder told Contact 5 this was the first time anyone in his agency had executed a sneak-and-peek warrant. We would only do a video surveillance like this under the most extraordinary circumstances,” Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told Contact 5’s Merris Badcock during a recent one-on-one interview. “I think people should be concerned about their privacy, and I think that law enforcement should take every step and every measure possible to ensure a person’s personal privacy is respected. RELATED: Jupiter spa bust: Search warrants reveal how detectives planted hidden cameras It is the same type of warrant recently used by law enforcement agencies in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast to capture more than 300 ‘johns’ on camera, allegedly receiving sex acts inside local massage parlors.
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The video however, illustrates what detectives might witness while executing a "sneak-and-peek" warrant, a legal record which gives investigators permission to install hidden cameras if they meet certain guidelines.
Sources tell Contact 5 the surveillance video is a few years old, and is not tied to any active cases in South Florida. As a result of the recording, numerous people were charged with prostitution and the spa was shut down.
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Sometimes, the cameras, which are hidden inside ceiling tiles, capture men and women engaging in full intercourse.Įach time, the men pay for the sex acts. Sometimes towels strategically cover men lying across tables. The videos were captured without their consent or knowledge.
The recordings show men and Asian massage therapists having sex on massage tables and receiving graphic sex acts inside a South Florida massage parlor. We've blurred the images, because, in essence, the secretly captured surveillance video is pornography. WARNING! The video contains blurred images of the most graphic content.