Update 1/20/11: The arrested women have finally been released, but some still face immigration proceedings, and no action has yet been taken against Club 907 over its use of trafficked women.

At Club 907,  an L.A. "hostess club," men pay thirty bucks and hour for the "companionship" of immigrant women — many of whom, it appears, have been illegally trafficked here for forced labor and sex work.

In a recent raid of Club 907, a clear brothel front, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) busted in on suspicion of shady behavior. Of the 88 arrested that night, 81 of them were women — 59 of whom were arrested for possessing false identification (ie, for being undocumented). But despite their textbook trafficking profile, no one on the LAPD is looking into whether these women have been trafficked.

Sign this petition to demand that LAPD further investigate the potential trafficking of arrestees from Club 907, and that from here on out they require police officers to attend extensive training on human trafficking risks. That way they can target the criminals instead of the victims.

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