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  • Charges Dismissed In 'Sex Tours' Case

    08/11/2004 9:00:11 PM PDT · by Calpernia · 13 replies · 862+ views
    1010 WINS ^ | Aug 11, 2004 11:49 am US/Eastern | 1010 WINS
    A judge has dismissed charges against two New York men accused by state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of promoting prostitution through "sex tourism" in Asia. Douglas Allen, 59, and Norman Barabash, 58, were indicted last year on felony and misdemeanor counts of promoting prostitution in the operation of Big Apple Oriental Tours. Spitzer accused them of using their tour business -- run from Allen's Poughkeepsie home and Barabash's Queens home -- to solicit customers for prostitution rings operating in the Philippines and Thailand. Dutchess County Court Judge Gerald Hayes dismissed the charges, finding prosecutors failed to provide sufficient evidence that...