A warrant will knock your door down my friend. You don't have to be sex trafficking anyone for the cops to bust through a door and that has been on the news.
They don't need a warrant at a hotel or an apartment these days on the grounds of exigent circumstances same as based upon probable cause. Police arrive because neighbors called crimestoppers and officer's saw frequent traffic raising suspicious activity.
Relating to the offense of operation of a stash house and to funding certain crime victim services through the use of money derived from a civil asset forfeiture of contraband related to that offense, human smuggling and trafficking offenses,
and certain prostitution offenses; creating a criminal offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTIONA1.AAChapter 20, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Section 20.07 to read as follows:
Sec.A20.07.A A OPERATION OF STASH HOUSE.
(a)
A person commits
an offense if the person knowingly[:
(1)A A uses or permits another to use any real estate, building, room, tent, vehicle, boat, or other property owned by the person
or under the person ’s control to commit an offense or to facilitate the commission of an offense under Section 20.05, 20.06,
20A.02, 20A.03, 43.04, or 43.05; or
(2)A Arents or leases any property to another, intending that the property be used as described by Subdivision (1).
(b)AAAn offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c)AAIf conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
SECTION A2.AAArticle 59.01(2), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
https://www.abc15.com/news/region-we...stitution-bust
Both women face a long list of charges including maintaining a house of prostitution and money laundering.