Relationship with Law Enforcement

The nature of the relationship between female or male pimps and law enforcement has widely evolved between 19th century Paris and contemporary United States. Although the madams’ activity back then was officially illegal, their activity was largely tolerated on the basis of their sharing information with officers. Today, in contrast, there is no such mutual understanding and pimps try to stay away from law enforcement as much as possible, as they are the subject of targeted interventions. If any interaction takes place, it generally takes the form of bribery.