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The Not-So-Risky Business Of High-End Escorts And The Internet In The 21st Century, Robert R. Rigg

Robert R. Rigg

The advent of the Internet has changed the advertising and marketing of prostitution. This advertising and marketing has expanded greatly since the days of advertisements in newspaper classifieds, as seen in the movie, Risky Business. Today, Internet websites allow escorts much greater exposure.

This Article focuses on “high-end” escorts—escorts charging more than $500 per act or session. These service providers use the Internet in ways different than their low-end or mid-range counterparts. These high-end escorts have sophisticated websites, geared toward discretion—for both the provider and client.

Criminal law has begun focusing on escorts who use the Internet for advertising and …

The Postville Raid: A Postmortem, Robert R. Rigg

Robert R. Rigg

In 2008, the largest immigration raid to date took place in Postville, Iowa. The target of the raid was Agriprocessors Inc., where an estimated 75% of its 968 employees were in the country illegally. In addition to the deportation of those taken into custody, the decision was made to criminally prosecute the seized individuals en masse. This represented a departure from the selected and targeted criminal prosecutions of prior immigration raids. The raid was scheduled for Monday, May 12, 2008.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa, the United States Department …