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Hookers linked to salons
Crack down on boozecans: Nunziata
By JENNY YUEN, SUN MEDIA
Plans to target strip clubs and massage parlours that act as fronts for brothels should include hair salons that double as after-hours boozecans, a city councillor says.
"I have a lot of problems with hairdressers in my ward, with two or three on a block and they run their business at 3 a.m. so what they do is just a front," Frances Nunziata charged at an Etobicoke York Community Council meeting yesterday.
"Then, in the basement they end up having a boozecan. A lot of them are hard to enforce. Sometimes prostitutes come in," said Nunziata, chairman of the community council.
Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti said some businesses in his area are breeding grounds for sex, drugs and crime.
The community council passed a motion asking the province to issue liquor licences to property owners instead of just businesses as a way to tackle boozecans.
Toronto Police Const. Tony Vella said people will operate boozecans out of all sorts of businesses, as well as private homes, even though they know they will eventually be shut down because there is a lot of money to be made.
Serving alcohol illegally goes hand-in-hand with prostitution and gambling, he said, adding organized crime is often involved.
"It's a community concern ... but they are also dangerous places to be, simply because the operators are not following any rules," Vella said.
There is a good chance patrons could become victims of a robbery or other violent crime, he said. "You're really risking your life just by being there," Vella said.
Municipal Licensing and Standards was to bring out a report at yesterday's meeting on the number of investigations at strip clubs, body-rub parlours, holistic centres, nightclubs and hair salons in Etobicoke over the last two years. However, they were unable to get the information in time, so the issue has been deferred until next month's meeting.
Hookers linked to salons
Crack down on boozecans: Nunziata
By JENNY YUEN, SUN MEDIA
Plans to target strip clubs and massage parlours that act as fronts for brothels should include hair salons that double as after-hours boozecans, a city councillor says.
"I have a lot of problems with hairdressers in my ward, with two or three on a block and they run their business at 3 a.m. so what they do is just a front," Frances Nunziata charged at an Etobicoke York Community Council meeting yesterday.
"Then, in the basement they end up having a boozecan. A lot of them are hard to enforce. Sometimes prostitutes come in," said Nunziata, chairman of the community council.
Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti said some businesses in his area are breeding grounds for sex, drugs and crime.
The community council passed a motion asking the province to issue liquor licences to property owners instead of just businesses as a way to tackle boozecans.
Toronto Police Const. Tony Vella said people will operate boozecans out of all sorts of businesses, as well as private homes, even though they know they will eventually be shut down because there is a lot of money to be made.
Serving alcohol illegally goes hand-in-hand with prostitution and gambling, he said, adding organized crime is often involved.
"It's a community concern ... but they are also dangerous places to be, simply because the operators are not following any rules," Vella said.
There is a good chance patrons could become victims of a robbery or other violent crime, he said. "You're really risking your life just by being there," Vella said.
Municipal Licensing and Standards was to bring out a report at yesterday's meeting on the number of investigations at strip clubs, body-rub parlours, holistic centres, nightclubs and hair salons in Etobicoke over the last two years. However, they were unable to get the information in time, so the issue has been deferred until next month's meeting.
