Vegas Concierge

Sex Trafficking, Hip Hop, and Corruption in America

Vegas Concierge

Sex Trafficking, Hip Hop, and Corruption in America

Brian Joseph (Author)

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Vegas Concierge tells the tale of domestic sex trafficking in America through the riveting inside story of a decade-long investigation into sex trafficking, police corruption, and hip-hop music in Sin City.
A layered saga spanning more than a decade, Vegas Concierge moves from the luxury hotel rooms of the Las Vegas Strip to the inner offices of the Las Vegas police and some of Nevada’s biggest news organizations. Using public and private records as well as exclusive, first-person accounts from primary sources, this book shows how prostitutes and pimps ply their trade, how law enforcement agencies trip up and their investigations become compromised, and how self-interest corrupts news organizations and the corridors of power. More than anything, this book examines the disregard American society has towards sex trafficking victims. Vegas Concierge ties together intersecting worlds via a diverse array of characters who played roles in this sordid tale about police corruption and incompetence, the price of celebrity, and the culture of Sin City.

Introduction
Notes on Research and Language
Trigger Warning
Cast of Characters
Part I
Chapter 1: Trapped
Chapter 2: Babylon
Chapter 3: Trust Me
Chapter 4: All Day, Every Day
Part II
Chapter 5: Sideways
Chapter 6: From the Ground Up
Chapter 7: Bring the Noise
Part III
Chapter 8: Poppin’ Bottles
Chapter 9: Mouths to Feed
Chapter 10: It’s Like That
Chapter 11: Exclusive
Part IV
Chapter 12: Trying to Come Up
Chapter 13: Business
Chapter 14: Broken Glass
Part V
Chapter 15: Traveling Light
Chapter 16: Bad Dreams
Chapter 17: All of the Lights
Chapter 18: No Answer
Epilogue
Policy Discussion
Acknowledgments
Resources
Notes
Index
About the Author

Product details

Published	01 Oct 2024
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	292
ISBN	9781538171691
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations	1 BW Illustration
Dimensions	0 x 0 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Brian Joseph

Vegas Concierge is a deep dive into the American heart of darkness, a much needed outing of a society that allows its most vulnerable to be trampled by unchecked desire and greed. Brian Joseph has done a remarkable and undaunted job of investigative journalism.

Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author and executive producer and writer of Bosch, Amazon Prime Video drama
With meticulous research and gripping storytelling, Brian Joseph exposes sex traffickers’ tactics, urging us to confront this epidemic and advocate for the silenced voices seeking justice.

Mimi Walters, former California congresswoman, co-author of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act
Readers will take a journey into the underbelly of Las Vegas and learn the grim realities for people in the sex trade in Vegas Concierge. Brian Joseph keeps it real and raw by bringing this darkness to the light and displaying the resilience of those who are able to survive prostitution and sex trafficking.

Bekah Charleston, founder of Bekah Speaks Out, lived experience expert, survivor, and advocate
In Vegas Concierge, journalist Brian Joseph confronts a social ill that has remained in the shadows for far too long. With sensitivity and compassion, Joseph paints an authentic picture of the tragic lives of sex trafficking victims and how American society continues to fail them.

Lou Correa, U.S. representative
An investigative journalism tour de force on a painful problem that ultimately compels clearer-eyed action—and a page-turner of a book. You really get to know the prostitutes, pimps and cops at the heart of the story, and maybe best of all, the journalist who pressed ahead even after the Las Vegas Review–Journal told him to stop and locked up his notes. He persisted. Now, what happened in Vegas isn't staying in Vegas.

Duff Wilson, investigative reporter, three-time Pulitzer finalist
Brian Joseph has created a masterpiece of investigative reporting. Deeply reported and sensitively written, Vegas Concierge is a call to action to address the scourge of sex trafficking in America.

Kevin Malone, anti-human trafficking abolitionist; author of Scouting the Enemy; former general manager, LA Dodgers and Montreal Expos