North Dakota [North Dakota News]- Enforcement wants to know more about strippers and others in the adult entertainment business...
That's why a bill says those individuals in sexually orientated businesses have to register with the state Tax Department.
West Fargo Police Chief Arland Rasmussen says the industry is largely a cash business where the dollars earned are seldom reported. Rasmussen says national studies show adult entertainers are involved in more criminal activity and law enforcement have a hard time tracking people down in that industry for investigation purposes...
The largest obstacle for law enforcement purposes is the lack of regulation to the industry. The service providers frequently use a stage name and do not operate from permanent addresses."
"I'm confident that a lot of the people in this business are honorable people and this is the way they've chosen to make a living. But there are other business and career people who are trying to push the envelope a little bit and if we can provide additional tools to Law Enforcement to keep this on the up and up, I would think that would be real important."
Rasmussen says a search he recently did came up with 14 adult entertainment ads in the Fargo Forum in one day's paper.
