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Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control

Louisiana Strip Club Dancers Fear More Crackdowns as ‘Anti-Trafficking’ Law Goes Into Effect

A ban on dancers under 21 raises questions on the growing role of the state's Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control in policing clubs.

Melissa Gira Grant Dec 21, 2018

New Orleans Strip Club Workers Battle ‘Age Ban’ In Federal Court

Melissa Gira Grant Feb 12, 2018

In ‘Anti-Trafficking’ New Orleans Strip Club Raids, Police Make No Trafficking Arrests

Melissa Gira Grant Jan 30, 2018

Broken Covenant: A Homeless Youth Organization’s Assault on Trafficking Is Making Women More Vulnerable

Melissa Gira Grant Jan 22, 2018

Trafficking In Vagaries: How A Times Picayune Series That Found Only “trafficking opportunity” In Strip Clubs Paved The Way For A Bourbon Street Crackdown

Melissa Gira Grant Nov 03, 2017