June 9, 2003
Porn = Mob Connections?
In an article titled, "Internet Porn Tied to the Mob" posted on the Focus On Family web site, writer Terry Phillips aserts that $10 billion is spent annually on porn in the U.S., with $56 billion spent annually world wide, and that the porn industry has direct connections to the Mafia.
Quoting Jan LaRue, chief counsel of Concerned Women for America, "The structure is like a funnel, with small-time pornographers routing clients and money to big-time crime. Jan LaRue, chief counsel of Concerned Women for America, said best estimates are that at least 100,000 porn sites occupy space on the Web."
Ms. LaRue also claims, "Anybody in law enforcement that's worked in this area will tell you that you don't have any business in pornography without the permission of the Mob,"
Oh boy, there's a lot to comment about here.
First, I wonder if this "Jan" LaRue is related to Chi Chi LaRue? Chi Chi is certainly one of the "Concerned Women of America".
Second, where's MY cut of this $10 billion?
Third, didn't you see Godfather 2 or 3? The Italian "Mob" as we know it from movies and folklore has mostly died off or gone legit. What we have left is unstructured "Dis-Organized" crime involving completely different ethnic groups - Russians, Mexicans and black gangbangers that work mostly independently, not normally associated with the term "organized crime" or "THE Mob".
This is the only link I could find between porn and the Mob, "Goodfellas, Bad Fellas" from Pacific Sun, directed by Paul Baressi, a guy who maybe kinda looks like a mobster.
Fourth, the porn business really is a "business". It's not run by hit men and loan sharks, it's run by accountants, marketing types and geeks like me.
Finally, the same radical religious-right Focus on Family site is also promoting a book called the ""Wonderful World of Boys". I'll let you come to your own conclusions about that.
Click [continue] to read the entire story.
Other related links:
-Victims of Pornography Month
-interview with former LA Vice cop from the Porn Unit at LAPD.
-Citizens can report possible violations to obscenity laws at ObscenityCrimes.org
"June 5, 2003
Internet Porn Tied to the Mob
By Terry Phillips, correspondent
Recent news reports reveal a connection between Internet porn and organized crime.
The already dark world of Internet pornography appears even darker to many, now that news reports have detailed the tie between the smut and organized crime.
The structure is like a funnel, with small-time pornographers routing clients and money to big-time crime. Jan LaRue, chief counsel of Concerned Women for America, said best estimates are that at least 100,000 porn sites occupy space on the Web.
"When you reduce them down, it appears that they're run by about twenty to thirty very large companies, and you can easily find ties to organized crime," LaRue said.
According to Glen Fradenburg of Bsafeonline, Inc., the income Internet porn generates dwarfs that of many legitimate industries.
"I think people feel pretty confident it's 10 billion dollars spent annually on porn, and that is larger than the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball, all combined," Fradenburg said.
Ten billion is a conservative estimate. It may be three times that.
"That's just in this country," LaRue said. "It's been estimated at 56 billion dollars worldwide."
The World Wide Web, it would seem, is the perfect delivery vehicle for pornography, providing the perfect snare.
"The industry itself is out to make certain that, if you're on the Internet unprotected, they're going to every length to make sure you're exposed to it," Fradenburg said.
Trace the tendrils, and almost all sites lead into the criminal underworld.
"Anybody in law enforcement that's worked in this area will tell you that you don't have any business in pornography without the permission of the Mob," LaRue said.
That's reason enough to protect your computer and your family. The porn industry has lots of money to throw at bypassing filtering software. It hires the best technical experts to go to work on circumventing the newest filters.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Focus on the Family no longer maintains the list of family-friendly services that we initiated in 1998. However, we are pleased to direct our Web visitors to FilterReview.com, which is operated by the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families and endorsed by Focus on the Family. "
Mission Statement from Focus on Family web site: "To cooperate with the Holy Spirit in disseminating the Gospel of Jesus Christ to as many people as possible, and, specifically, to accomplish that objective by helping to preserve traditional values and the institution of the family. "
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