TITLE: Amazon, Google Directors Busted In Seattle Sex Trafficking Sting
SENTENCE 1: Reacting to the arrests, Amazon told Newsweek it is investigating the matter, saying:  “It is against Amazon’s policy for any employee or contingent worker to engage in any sex buying activities of any kind in Amazon’s workplace or in any work-related setting outside of the workplace, such as during business trips, business meetings or business-related social events.”  Prostitution is on the rise in Seattle than any other city in the U.S.
SENTENCE 2: Newsweek reports:  “Emails obtained by Newsweek reveal another sordid corner of the tech sector’s treatment of women: a horny nest of prostitution “hobbyists” at tech giants Microsoft, Amazon and other firms in Seattle’s high tech alley.”  Many of the emails were intercepted by investigators in 2015 during a special cyber operation targeting online chat rooms and message boards in which customers rate sex workers and soliciting for sex.
SENTENCE 3: According to a 2014 study, in a 24-hour-period in Seattle, an estimated 6,487 people solicited sex on just one of the more than 100 websites that connect sex buyers with sellers.

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