The ongoing Desert Divas investigation brought 19 more arrests in Maricopa County, Arizona this month alone, with the initial indictments handed down last August – by my count the arrests and indictments now surpass 90! In my opinion they will all plead guilty, but that's another story for another day. The prostitution ring has been labeled the largest in Arizona history by law enforcement, and we could expect no less from Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the man that moves illegal immigrants into a tent city and has male prisoners wearing pink underwear.
By February 2009, the client books were released, and given that this is a Maricopa County investigation, we can expect plenty more arrests. Though I'm not a fan of Arpaio and would never live in Phoenix, I do appreciate that the company owners and the telephone bookers are not the only ones targeted for prosecution. Without the client calling to begin with, and ultimately desiring and expecting prostitution services, and without the escort overstepping her contractual boundaries, there could be no crime.
Although I do not believe that prostitution should be considered a crime, as it isn't in most of Eastern and Western Europe, I must give kudos to the State of Arizona, Sheriff Arpaio, and the city and county prosecutors for equally and fairly enforcing the law. Prosecutors in the states of New York and Florida, to name two examples, and federal prosecutors in the District of Columbia, could indeed learn from them.
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