Just for the record; I have a couple of friends in New York who also went to the club after I showed them the thread (of their own volition). Their report is p

Just for the record; I have a couple of friends in New York who also went to the club after I showed them the thread (of their own volition). Their report is pretty similar to this guys; except to conclude it is very much a place to pick up girls for sex as well. One of them is of slavic origin, can speak Russian and was at one point offered a girl (he believes because he passed as Russian - the others were not offered at any point). Once it was clear they were American and were not there after girls they were treated like it was a normal club. They point out it wasn't particularly seedy; it was upmarket but definitely "gang" owned/affiliated (these are guys I know through work; one of them works on trafficking and prostitution in his professional capacity, so it's a reasonably expert opinion). Their conclusion: that the girls were on the edge of one of the lighter "trafficking" scams, where girls voluntarily go over for short spell with the promise of work (and often the "nudge wink" suggestion that they could skip immigration and stay longer if they stay below the radar). What usually happens is they either get the job promised them, or it "falls through" (like in this case) and they get given a waitress job for the visa period at a club like this. All above board. Then when the visa is almost up it is suggested very strongly that if they wanted to stay they probably could, but not in a normal (legal) job... (note: this is all second hand information. I trust my friends experience but as with anything over the internet.. treat it as unconfirmed :))