He agreed to share some details about how "the police receive direct benefits from prostitution and pimping. His name, and that of everyone interviewed for this report, have been changed to prevent reprisals. The same is true of the exact locations of the homes where "the girls take the Johns to turn tricks. From a discreet place one can observe Maribel pass a fiver to a couple of policemen stationed near the entrance to a building where she has offered her services to a Canadian.
They almost never ask us to pay 'in kind. Natalia is the owner of an illegal "house of dates," as she prefers to call her business, and she says that she has three inviolable rules: "no minors, no drug use, and no monkey business with the police. Here I receive two policemen who over the years became partners of mine and of Alexis. They take their slice right here. The truth is that it's outrageous that the girls have to pay, from their pockets, two men the pimp and the police , but they chose this life, and that's part of the price to pay.
After a body search and removing his badge with his identification number, a police officer who is a "friend" of Alexis agrees to explain why he does not consider himself "corrupt" because he accepts money from the prostitution business. They chose this work, which is forbidden, to survive. I just make sure that it's all smooth sailing.
This way we all survive and everyone wins, nobody loses. To keep a low profile, the police who profit from prostitution do not allow these women to sit on the wall at night. On top of that I have to pay the police for this three or five 'tickets. If not, I'm screwed. Alexis says he would never get his girl into prostitution, and he does not physically mistreat any of his girls.
Every cop is looking for a pimp that has two or more girls under their control, because that doubles the chance of earning more in one day, and no one risks playing the 'game' when the heat is on. The rest the prostitute has to share with her pimp, as agreed to between them. I decided that my pimp was going to be a cop. He liked the idea, and another two policemen are operating the same way, with less risk.
