Jun 25, 2008 11:05 am US/Central
Miami Cops Bust 'Brothel Bus' That Worked Beaches
Part Of Larger Nationwide Child Prostitution Sting
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (CBS) ―
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Miami police say this vehicle was used as a mobile brothel that worked South Beach.
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Without a doubt, wild things occur in Miami Beach everyday, but this is new: prostitution on wheels. Police busted the bus cruising South Beach while it offered a menu of illegal activities, reported CBS station WFOR-TV in Miami.
This bus is part of a much larger national ring. Wednesday afternoon, the FBI will announce the results of a nationwide crackdown on prostitution which netted hundreds of arrests including a 17-year old.
According to an undercover officer who boarded the rolling brothel, madam Christina Morteh charged him $40 just to get on the stretch limo bus. The money passed through a sliding window, put in a register. Once inside he says he found four girls working.
"There were lap dances, friction dances and sexual acts," the undercover officer said.
The going rate was allegedly $100 cash for sexual acts.
All of this allegedly took place inside the bus, a block away from the police station. The detective couldn't believe what he saw, let alone cash everywhere.
"It was spread out all over the place. It was on the floor. It was on their g-strings. You name it. It was in the register. In 19 years I've never seen this."
It's unclear how police learned of the brothel bus operation but once the money was exchanged, five brothel bus girls were arrested and the $250,000 bus was impounded.
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