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Tristan Péloquin
Press
Even if the police of Montreal (SPVM) tolerates the past few years, escort agencies are visibly away from the police strikes. The morality squad dismantled last week the agency MTLC, one of the largest in Montreal.
The two alleged the agency directors, Benoit Trempe, aged 39, and Patrick Beaupre, 35, administers a highly sophisticated website that prostitutes seven independent agencies showed their availability in real time. They have been accused of pandering to the courthouse in Montreal last week.
"It was a lucrative prostitution network that was linked to the Hells Angels," said Elodie Pestel, spokesman SPVM. "The investigation started after several complaints from residents," she added. The network employed fifty prostitutes, according to police.
Benoit Trempe, La Presse that met Thursday in a park in Montreal, admitted to have played a major role in the agency and recognized as a supporter of the Hells Angels. "That I was wearing a jacket Chapter South on occasion, but I was not wearing a jacket full of patches," he explained. He also admitted to being close to a member in good standing of the Hells Angels who were arrested in connection with the operation SharQc last month, but he swears he has never paid a penny to the organization criminal. "The Hells, it's a brotherhood, that's all. Police are currently making a case for no reason, "he said. However, he acknowledged that his ties with the Hells "simplify" his life. "It gives me some respect in the community," he said.
During the descent, which has mobilized hundreds of officers in five different places, the police have their hands on the equipment estimated at $ 200 000, several cell phones, cameras were used to take pictures of prostitutes and than $ 6,000 in cash.
Surprisingly, the agency MM. Hardening and Beaupré was duly recorded in the provincial register of companies under the name MSTRIP Promotions, a company of "escorting of dignitaries, entertainment and care." The names of MM. Hardening and Beaupré, along with their addresses, are enrolled. The company also accepted credit cards through a terminal on behalf of MSTRIP discounts, "says Trempe.
Strike, dozens of agencies spared
At present, an estimated 200 the number of escort agencies in the Greater Montreal. Most of them act with impunity and even publishing explicit adverts in newspapers. The police prefer to focus on street prostitution and addressing them as if complaint.
According to what learned La Presse, no prostitute has been arrested during the operation, although officials have interviewed five of them. "They were all released after being ask questions," said the telephone receptionist MTLC, who requested anonymity.
According to various sources, many of them have already found employment in other agencies, most important, Devilish Escorts. The receptionist MTLC has itself created a new agency this week. "I'm very scared that the police strike again, but the girls asked me to organize them something. They want to work, she said. Customers also have very afraid. It is not clear why they have referred our agency. "
In the world of prostitution, the news of the dismantling of MTLC made much noise. Under the umbrella of the Union of TDS (sex workers), a number of prostitutes strongly denounced the operation. "It's all very well to accuse organized crime of being behind some agencies, but it's pure hypocrisy. These agencies, this is our livelihood. I was treated better by working in these places there as a graphic designer in the private sector, "said an escort who works under the name of Amélie Jolie.
Tristan Péloquin
Press
Even if the police of Montreal (SPVM) tolerates the past few years, escort agencies are visibly away from the police strikes. The morality squad dismantled last week the agency MTLC, one of the largest in Montreal.
The two alleged the agency directors, Benoit Trempe, aged 39, and Patrick Beaupre, 35, administers a highly sophisticated website that prostitutes seven independent agencies showed their availability in real time. They have been accused of pandering to the courthouse in Montreal last week.
"It was a lucrative prostitution network that was linked to the Hells Angels," said Elodie Pestel, spokesman SPVM. "The investigation started after several complaints from residents," she added. The network employed fifty prostitutes, according to police.
Benoit Trempe, La Presse that met Thursday in a park in Montreal, admitted to have played a major role in the agency and recognized as a supporter of the Hells Angels. "That I was wearing a jacket Chapter South on occasion, but I was not wearing a jacket full of patches," he explained. He also admitted to being close to a member in good standing of the Hells Angels who were arrested in connection with the operation SharQc last month, but he swears he has never paid a penny to the organization criminal. "The Hells, it's a brotherhood, that's all. Police are currently making a case for no reason, "he said. However, he acknowledged that his ties with the Hells "simplify" his life. "It gives me some respect in the community," he said.
During the descent, which has mobilized hundreds of officers in five different places, the police have their hands on the equipment estimated at $ 200 000, several cell phones, cameras were used to take pictures of prostitutes and than $ 6,000 in cash.
Surprisingly, the agency MM. Hardening and Beaupré was duly recorded in the provincial register of companies under the name MSTRIP Promotions, a company of "escorting of dignitaries, entertainment and care." The names of MM. Hardening and Beaupré, along with their addresses, are enrolled. The company also accepted credit cards through a terminal on behalf of MSTRIP discounts, "says Trempe.
Strike, dozens of agencies spared
At present, an estimated 200 the number of escort agencies in the Greater Montreal. Most of them act with impunity and even publishing explicit adverts in newspapers. The police prefer to focus on street prostitution and addressing them as if complaint.
According to what learned La Presse, no prostitute has been arrested during the operation, although officials have interviewed five of them. "They were all released after being ask questions," said the telephone receptionist MTLC, who requested anonymity.
According to various sources, many of them have already found employment in other agencies, most important, Devilish Escorts. The receptionist MTLC has itself created a new agency this week. "I'm very scared that the police strike again, but the girls asked me to organize them something. They want to work, she said. Customers also have very afraid. It is not clear why they have referred our agency. "
In the world of prostitution, the news of the dismantling of MTLC made much noise. Under the umbrella of the Union of TDS (sex workers), a number of prostitutes strongly denounced the operation. "It's all very well to accuse organized crime of being behind some agencies, but it's pure hypocrisy. These agencies, this is our livelihood. I was treated better by working in these places there as a graphic designer in the private sector, "said an escort who works under the name of Amélie Jolie.
