After the police raids on numerous brothels accross northern Ireland last Wednesday 3rd December, two people have appeared in court in Wales, accused of human trafficking

Only a very small percentage of escort clients are straight females. Any straight man thinking of going into escorting should be aware of this. Currently there are a lot of companies trying to scam straight males wishing to break into escorting in the UK out of money, by claiming they are 'desperate' for UK male escorts and promising them vast amounts of work in exchange for an agency joining or advertising fee that will actually get them no work whatsoever. Some of these scammers have already tried to target Irish males too and no doubt more will in the future. Of course not all companies offering to employ or advertise male escorts are scamming, but straight males wanting to get into escorting should be aware that scammers are around. SW5 provides excellent information about this issue. See http://www.sw5.info/straightmen.htm for further information.

An independent escort has contacted me to say that on her first visit to Limerick last month she had problems with a menacing man phoning her and telling her she was not welcome. She has just toured Limerick again and this man was very abusive and threatening to her this time around. He first attempted to make an appointment, but the escort of course refused. He then claimed he had already made an appointment using a different name / number and he knew exactly where the escort was located and proceeded to start threatening the lady that he would around to rob and beat her later. The abusive and threatening phone calls and text messages were very nasty and went on around the clock whilst she was touring Limerick. This man appears to target touring ladies and he may have a connection to an escort agency in Limerick. He has recently been using the number 087 94674** (last 2 digits removed for privacy reasons) so please watch out for him if you are working in Limerick as he may well be dangerous. Thank you to the lady who reported this matter.

It has just been reported to me that two Punters in Dublin were recently conned out of money by an escort service they found via its posts on one of the popular Irish escort message boards. The escort service in question is onetooneescorts@hotmail.com. All punters should be warned it appears this agency is a complete con. Aside this specific incident, if you are a punter who responds to advertisements on Irish escort message boards, you should be wary in general I think of those who advertise their services solely via posts on Irish escort message boards. Most Irish agencies and independent escorts pay to advertise on one of the popular Irish escort websites, and, apart from the fact con artists are not inclined to do this (they like taking money, not parting with it!), all of the major Irish escort websites vigorously investigate any complaints they receive about their advertisers (as they certainly do not want to be associated with any cons). So, if an Irish agency or independent escort is advertised in the listings section of a major Irish escort website, I think you can be fairly sure it / she is a genuine service provider. You cannot however be at all sure anyone who only advertises via posting messages on Irish escort message boards is a genuine service provider I think. Whilst I’m sure there are plenty of genuine people in the Irish escort business who advertise via message board posts only, obviously there are con artists out there too, and you should be aware I think: There is a much higher risk of being conned out of money when you use an Irish escort service provider who is not properly advertised on a major Irish escort website.

A client, Tom (not real name), reports the problems with ladies being hassled by a criminal gang in Waterford are still going on. He visited an escort in Waterford yesterday, 20-10-05, and three unsavoury men turned up right in the middle of his appointment. Luckily there was himself and three ladies there when this happened and all four managed to get away from the place safely. If it had been only the ladies or at worst just one lady on her own there, this probably would not have been possible. He and the ladies feel it is a person that owns another agency in Waterford who is doing this. He reports the ladies were very upset. Apparently one got straight on the next bus to Dublin she was so terrified. Tom wants to thank the agency owner for her professionalism in dealing with the situation when he called her and I think she and the girls want to thank Tom for all his help too. Tom also says that he used to use the other agency but they were totally unprofessional, the girls are treated like shit, and the punters not much better. He feels punters in Waterford should be able to make their own choices, about which escorts they want to see and which ones they don’t want to see, and this intimidation of ladies in the Waterford region really isn’t on.