Author: The Law Office of Patrick C. Fagan, K.C.
Cop Links Escorts, Hookers
Escort agencies in the city are fronts for prostitution that are virtually ignored by police, a Calgary pimping trial heard Tuesday. “Is it fair to [...]
Secretary details escort agency operation
A former Calgary firefighter charged with being a pimp handled all the cash, told escorts how to dress and frequently placed managerial phone calls to [...]
Escort Urged To Have Unsafe Sex
A former Calgary firefighter ordered escorts at an agency he managed to engage in unsafe sexual practices to justify a fee increased according to women [...]
Cop says escorts not pressured
Police didn’t pressure escorts into turning on accused pimp the accused by threatening their livelihood, a vice cop testified yesterday. Det. Mike Dulaney rejected a [...]
Final arguments in pimping trial delayed
The city will have to wait to hear if a judge takes it to task for its escort bylaw, which a former firefighter is arguing [...]
Detective admits escorts left alone
Though many licensed escort agencies obviously offer sex for cash, Calgary police refuse to prosecute for prostitution unless someone complains. That was the candid admission [...]
Alleged pimp to argue no crime done
The city has legalized prostitution – that's the argument being put to a judge at the pimping trial of a form Calgary firefighter that began [...]
Accused claims prostitution legal
Suspected pimp, the accused, was told by police and city officials that the escort industry fronted sex trade was legal, he testified yesterday. The accused [...]
Escort licences mulled at trial
Calgary escorts must be fingerprinted in case they end up dead in a ditch, the city’s chief licence inspector said yesterday. Mare Halat told a [...]
Definitely not your opera date
Strictly speaking, the city has not legalized prostitution. But, in licensing escort agencies, it has entered a morally compromised area. And, it should leave it. [...]