Brian Joseph

Vegas Concierge (eBook, PDF)

Sex Trafficking, Hip Hop, and Corruption in America

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Vegas Concierge tells the tale of domestic sex trafficking in America through the riveting inside story of a decade-long investigation into sex trafficking, police corruption, and hip-hop music in Sin City. A layered saga spanning more than a decade, Vegas Concierge moves from the luxury hotel rooms of the Las Vegas Strip to the inner offices of the Las Vegas police and some of Nevada's biggest news organizations. Using public and private records as well as exclusive, first-person accounts from primary sources, this book shows how prostitutes and pimps ply their trade, how law enforcement agencies trip up and their investigations become compromised, and how self-interest corrupts news organizations and the corridors of power. More than anything, this book examines the disregard American society has towards sex trafficking victims. Vegas Concierge ties together intersecting worlds via a diverse array of characters who played roles in this sordid tale about police corruption and incompetence, the price of celebrity, and the culture of Sin City.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 1
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881858230
• Artikelnr.: 74398954

Autorenporträt

Brian Joseph has worked as a newspaper reporter and investigative journalist for about twenty years, writing for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Orange County Register, and the Sacramento Bee, among other publications. In 2013-14, he was an investigative reporting fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, where he investigated privatized foster care for Mother Jones magazine. Brian is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Columbia, and the recipient of several journalism honors, including a George Polk Award. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife and daughter and their talkative orange tabby Nemo.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Notes on Research and Language
Trigger Warning
Cast of Characters
Part I
Chapter 1: Trapped
Chapter 2: Babylon
Chapter 3: Trust Me
Chapter 4: All Day, Every Day
Part II
Chapter 5: Sideways
Chapter 6: From the Ground Up
Chapter 7: Bring the Noise
Part III
Chapter 8: Poppin' Bottles
Chapter 9: Mouths to Feed
Chapter 10: It's Like That
Chapter 11: Exclusive
Part IV
Chapter 12: Trying to Come Up
Chapter 13: Business
Chapter 14: Broken Glass
Part V
Chapter 15: Traveling Light
Chapter 16: Bad Dreams
Chapter 17: All of the Lights
Chapter 18: No Answer
Epilogue
Policy Discussion
Acknowledgments
Resources
Notes
Index
About the Author