Bad News: Crackdown on Massage Parlors

[books_are_life]

AM Costa Rica has a story today that the Ministery of Public Security (Morals Police) is going to crack down on massage parlors by requiring certifications and special massage beds be used. They will also harrass internet cafes where underaged patrons can view prono on the net.
As if Zone Blue and New Fantasy did not have enough problems already.
:roll:

 

[icevixen17]

Heres the article

Ministry planning crusade against sex parlors
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff

The Ministerio de Seguridad Pública will crack down on massage parlors and, among other things, require that practitioners be accredited by the national medical society and that any beds on the premise be of a type used by massage professionals.

Many massage parlors in Costa Rica are thinly veiled fronts for prostitution.

The ministry announced last weekend that various decrees now in preparation would crack down on sexual exploitation, including massage parlors. In addition, the decrees will target Internet cafes and video games.

Ana Helena Chacón Echeverría, vice minister of Seguridad Pública, is working with the Comisión Nacional Contra la Explotación Sexual Comercial in preparing the decrees, said the ministry.

Among other things, the minister wants to "avoid the camouflage of places of prostitution that function under the name of massage parlors," something that law enforcement officials find frequently.

The proposal by the ministry would require that sanitary permits be issued for massage parlors by the Ministerio de Salud and that the persons working in the massage parlor have
professional accreditation from the Colegio de
Médicos y Cirujanes de Costa Rica, the national medical society.

In addition, massage parlors would have to use special massage tables rather than the single or double beds that are common in many places now.

If the ministry carries out its campaign, dozens of houses of prostitution that call themselves massage parlors will have to close. The effect on sex tourism would be dramatic, although persons who pay for sex still would be able to bring prostitutes to their homes or hotel rooms.

The video game parlors will have to post signs specifying the level of violence found in each game. Plus they would have to specify the age group for which the game is appropriate, said the ministry.

Internet cafes would have to adhere to specifications already announced by Casa Presidencial in that youngsters 12 and under would have to leave by 7 p.m. and those between 13 and 17 would have to leave by 9 p.m. The idea is to reduce possible exposure to pornography on computers.

In addition, Internet cafes would have to maintain at least some computers with anti-porn filters and some computers that would be technically unable to access porn sites, said the ministry.

 

[EpikkPenguin]

I would not be too concerned, If they act on this like they do everything else it will take 2 years to write it, and three more years deciding how to implement it.

 

[BigTom]

Why don't they just pass out shackles and handcuffs and tell everyone to go sit in a corner.

 

[H.K.J]

The quieter the better...(to Playtime)

The truth is...it is already happening. It has been happening and will continue to happen.

A few years ago, two or three, you could find any sort of sexual partner on the streets around the Del Rey. There was a viable alternative out there....sometimes of questionable legality. But it DID exsist. And it doesn't anymore. They have pretty much stopped it.

Another thing.....This is a country where much is NOT being accomplished. The Government is looking for easy successes(targets)...thus the immigration raids. They are looking for more targets....and there is a world wide pressure on all illicit activity.

Since 9/11 the preception of CR as a 'haven of peace' has only increased as time as passed. There has been a ton of investment in Pappagio and other places. Officials here look at 'Del Rey type activity' as a detraction from the preferred perspective of Costa Rica.

And...this and other web sites are publicising prostitution here in CR....and this is not a good thing to do if you SUPPORT the life style. That makes this board sort of a catch 22.....and I assure you.....plenty of people in the wrong places are following these posts. If someone was advertising a whore house next to your house or in your neighborhood where your Ch*ldren or parents live...what would you do??? You would burn it down if you had to, I'd bet.

One other thing....AMCostarica is a rag that gets off on 'gringo scandals'. AMCostarica will now give a lot of publicity to this 'problem'.....as they ran with the ball with the 'Brothers Problem'. AMCostarica took the brothers problem and ran it into the ground, then ran it some more. Long after it was an obvious dead issue! Which it is..for sure.

Enjoy it all while it lasts...and the quieter the better.

 

[Nerd Boy]

Wondering if massage tables really exist in CR? Maybe you can get one with the hold for the face but put her on it instead and you get underneath? If worse comes to worse Gringos can adapt to a different bed. Hell the ones they have are not that great anyhow.. These might be have a cleanable surface.. lol