The government shut down Backpage and Craigslist personals because they were supposed conduits for sex trafficking (which seems like it'd make those sites and easy source to find the perpetrators), and here they were presented with video evidence of suspected child sex trade, yet they declined to pursue it.
Is the government interested in stopping this behavior, or just pushing it farther underground and out of sight (yet still accessible to those with enough money and/or power)?
A government claims to fight sex trafficking because it's a good excuse that appeals to people's emotions to consent to its abusive behavior and ever extending power over people. It's sort of like a weapon against public opinion, not an attempt to stop any of it.
Its not fair to generalize,it was largely local cops that wanted craigslist shut,most of it was out of fed jurisdiction.
The FBI has gone as far as letting go an accused pedophile to avoid disclosing a 0 day exploit.
Sacha should have involved local cops,local prosecutors have a lot more to lose by not pursuing this. Part of me thinks maybe they just reduce it all to numbers and stats without considering how terrible and shocking crimes are. IMO I'd prefer if this sort of crime had a higher priority than terrorism and most "national security" investigations.
There’s a reason hearsay evidence is generally not admissible to establish the truth of what was said. Because people lie all the time, for any reason or no reason at all.
Asssuming this even happened, it’s a lot more likely the concierge was trying to entrap or blackmail Sacha than it is that Sacha stumbled upon an underground pedophile ring on the first concierge he interviewed. But Cohen admitting the player got played isn’t such a great story.
For all we know this is just more guerrilla marketing for the show. It’s not a crime to lie to the public about reporting something to the FBI.
Without a quote from the FBI confirming an investigation was opened and closed there is no actual story here that is fit to print. If there even was an investigation, the fact that it was closed substantiates Cohen having been played, and not a grand conspiracy.
Is the government interested in stopping this behavior, or just pushing it farther underground and out of sight (yet still accessible to those with enough money and/or power)?