Human/Sex Trafficking uptick in Airbnbs?

[Saba-and-Sekayi0]

This is a very important post, especially as human/sex trafficking is a significant world issue that everyone has to be vigilant of.

I would appreciate some feedback. Today I received a reservation request that I am instinctively suspicious of. The individual asked to call me, before being approved, and to do a walk-thru of my space. We do not do walk-thrus, especially during a pandemic, nor communicate outside of the Airbnb app, so that was a red flag however I proceeded to message the individual. Now I am being asked by the individual if it were okay to “have a massuse” come to my house. That is a glaring red flag to me, as that is a classic telltale sign of trafficking. I was advised to cancel the request and no longer engage with the individual, so I did just that and reported the user.

I've also read articles from the last year or so and it seems like human trafficking and pop-up brothels are becoming a growing concern for Airbnb hosts. I wonder what can be done for people like this to be stopped immediately? Looking for any other similar experiences or thoughts on this.

[Mark116]

@Huma0  Our city recently enacted a STR law, and while most of it is onerous bureaucratic BS and extremely silly add-ons, they did mandate that all guests who book have to be 21, which is great, because now I don't have to worry about 18 year old party animals and I can factually blame the city government. 

[Inna22]

@Saba-and-Sekayi0 I use a device that counts the number of people at the property. I find that I do not have the time to spare to watch cameras. Most of the time it would be legitimate back and fourth. This device sends me an alert when there is more than a certain number of guests at the property 

[Dimitar27]

Human trafficking for the purpose of sexual  or labor exploitation is not so common any more here. It was-in the early 90's. Other forms of traffic are more common now- of pregnant women for the purpose of selling their newborns and for the purpose of surrogacy.

Red Flags: pregnant gypsy woman, traveling alone from here to Greece or Italy.

The most preferred country for surrogacy, close to us, is Ukraine.