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MUMBAI - Dance Ban Forces Girls To Turn Sex Workers

View the article here Mumbai: The trouble with laws that seek to stamp out any form of expression - from dancing, to music to partying - is that they tend to drive those practices underground - as the Mumbai example shows. It's a typical Mumbai Police crackdown on illegal dance bars. The bar girls will be booked for soliciting customers at one such bar. "Nine girls have been arrested for soliciting customers," said Inspector, Special Service Branch, R B Mane. The ban has just driven the business underground. Many dance bars now feature live orchestras and women waiters to entertain customers. Legally allowed only up to 9:30 pm, several bars generally close around 1:30 am - provided the police get their cut. "This is legal extortion," claimed president, Dance Bars Association, Manjeet Singh Sethi...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 12, 2009 (boomark / email).