By Allison Schaefers. May 10, Local politicians, hoteliers and law enforcement officials are planning heavier security to combat an expected increase in prostitution as pimps bring more sex-trade workers to the islands to meet higher demand. The Pro Bowl, military exercises and the Asian Development Bank meeting in all drew more prostitutes to Waikiki, said Bob Finley, who has been a Waikiki resident since the s and is chairman of the Waikiki Neighborhood Board.
Stay in touch with breaking news, as it happens, conveniently in your email inbox. It's FREE! The Bangkok Post reported that Thai police rounded up more than 1, prostitutes in an effort to spruce up for the APEC summit that it hosted in However, police told the newspaper that the prostitutes returned soon after being fined.
The newspaper reported that some adult businesses were up percent for the event and that interstate prostitutes were brought in to offer APEC-themed specials such as the "Condi Combo," the "UN Duo" and the "Presidential Platter.
Honolulu Mayor Peter Carlisle, who is an ex-officio member of the APEC Hawaii Host Committee, said there will be increased law enforcement in Waikiki during the international meeting and that several city departments have met and will continue to meet in preparation for the event. Pimps fly sex workers to Hawaii and keep them here for up to four months before moving them to another state, he said. When pimps pick up local runaways or local girls with problems at shopping centers, they are often sent to other states rather than put to work here, Eastman said.
Wearing mostly short skirts and tall heels, the women aggressively solicited tourists and locals as they walked the damp streets and loitered along the fences and door frames of local hotels, shopping plazas and businesses.
