i do anything, i just i m not here tomorrow. i m just sir, i want you to understand what i m telling you. we re handcuffing you because you re under arrest. you re under arrest for talking about prostitution with the young lady on the block. she s a police officer, okay? have you ever been arrested before? yes. for? same thing. but i didn t do anything. do you have any warrants or anything like that? nothing. sounds like you might get a ticket and be on your way in about 20 minutes if you cooperate. okay? to us this kindly tibetan gentleman looks more like someone who would fight trafficking rather than a predatory john but we are dead wrong. he s actually been arrested twice for trying to buy sex. the john is identified as 63-year-old organ serring from
good morning. id please. i along with my colleagues prosecute these kinds of offices. i m going to be the first one to tell you how easy these are to prove. the district attorney s office wants these men that buying sex in san francisco is a serious offense, one that can imperil their jobs and families. i think they are sort of surprised in the beginning, and maybe things i m not really like that. they re just a few steps away from getting one of those really serious convictions. the da reminds the offenders that john school rehabilitation is a one-time offer. if it happens again, you will be prosecuted and this offense that you committed here will be used against you. and if you are an illegal immigrant, you could get deported and you will never get legal status here. people are falling into it
not surprisingly juan is not pleased about being exposed. why does this have to be on camera? can you turn it off, please? i can t turn it off. can you guys turn it off, please? hello? we know very, very little about these invisible subjects of the sex industry. go ahead, have a seat, please. researcher melissa farley says exposing and arresting johns long overdue. she says criminalizing and studying their behavior is essential to stop trafficking. if we want to learn how to stop prostitution, we really need to know a lot about how men think about prostitution, how they make the decision to buy sex. anti-trafficking experts believe men will make different decisions and think twice about buying women if other police departments follow san francisco s lead.
on the street after severe beatings, torture, et cetera. these are some of the things that happened. it s the only one of its kind, it s now modelled around the country and with good reason. men who attend johns school are 30% less likely to pay for sex again. i absolutely believe when somebody comes in here, first of all, the big wakeup call is i was arrested. i got caught. i have to deal with my family, my wife, and come here and then really hear the prostitutes experience is a huge wakeup call. i think people are very, very fortunate to get this chance. this concludes our day. san francisco s human trafficking unit says arresting and identifying johns will continue to be a critical element to their strategy to fight sex slavery. their message, buyer beware. i hope these men that come to fopp understand prostitutes are human beings and not some marginalized throwaway sex object.
has she given the signal yet? we re good. we re good. the team corners the john, who turns out to be a tourist. sir, police. police. just relax. don t do anything stupid. take your hands out of your pocket. put your hands behind your back. that girl you re talking to is a police officer, okay? you re under arrest for soliciting prostitution. i don t understand. i m not i ll talk slowly. yes, please. you re under arrest. okay. the girl you were talking to is a police officer. the woman you talked to and talked about sex for money with is a police officer. i think what a date is for. that s i m just explaining why you re under arrest. you re going to be taken a block from here. we re going to possibly give you a ticket and you re going to be on your way. okay? okay, okay, okay.