the same criminals acted when i spoke to them in person. they were more open and vulnerable giving you a gripping look into the mind of a criminal. that's all for this edition of "vegas undercover raw." i'm chris hansen. thanks for watching this may not be the las vegas you know. this is the underbelly, an underworld filled with criminals. with undercover cops trying to catch those crooks. >> i told him to go [ bleep ]

himself and catch me if you can. >> in this episode, pimps and prostitutes. >> it's a very dangerous world. >> shocking encounters in public places. >> then we confront the pimps. >> there's no crime in having 5 15 -- >> deeper into the mind of a criminal. >> if i was a so-called pimp, i would never let my girls go s

solicit somebody while they are with me. >> it's real. it's revealing, and it's raw. hello. i'm chris hansen. welcome to a special evening of investigative reporting on msnbc. a look at black market america. in this house we visit las vegas as it is rarely seen. for more than a year we gained unprecedented access to the las vegas police department including efforts to combat prostitution. they go after the prostitutes, the pimps that control the women and the johns seeking their services. until now we have broadcast only a small portion of the footage we have recorded. first we take a look at the pimps and give you an incredible view into how the police try to shut them down. >> they have a unit here in las vegas called the pimp investigative team and one of

the operations that they run is they have an undercover police woman stroll down the strip posing as a prostitute. within minutes, pimps start approaching her. you need someone to take care of you. what do you expect the scenario to be tonight? >> pimps. if that is a new girl that they don't recognize as having a pimp or knowing that she belongs to another pimp, they will try to recruit her. >> lieutenant karen hughes runs the vice squad. it includes the pimp investigative team. her unit arrested nearly 100 pimps in 2009 while seizing more than half a million dollars, 19 vehicles and seven guns this is this image that some people have of prostitution in vegas being glamorous high class girl of call girls. >> that is a fallacy. it is violent, vile and degrading. >> you go after the pimp, you

are going after the top of the criminal organization. and you eliminate a lot of the abuse. they are making big money. >> they are making huge money. through manipulation they make these women believe this is their lot in life this is their new family and he is everything. he becomes their daddy. >> i haven't been here for that long. how long have you been here? >> we were allowed to go along on one of these investigations. we had incredible access. what they do is they have an undercover police woman stroll down the strip posing as a prostitute and they wait until pimps or would-be pimps approach them and try to recruit them. >> i'm in promotions. >> i need a promoter. >> is that right? what do you do?

>> we have a cameraman over here and over there, and the guys are really aggressive. i knew the stuff went on, don't get me wrong. but to see it this in real time was remarkable. the undercover police officer was literally on the street for less than four minutes when she was approached. the conversation is continuing. if she didn't think he was a pimp, she would have walked away by now. >> i guess it's okay. last night i made $400. three dates. >> three dates? are you serious? >> i charge a hundred bucks for sex. >> you can do better than that. you need somebody to call when the chips are down and when the chips are up. somebody that will be there for you and keep you motivated and focused. it's not easy out here. because it gets scary sometimes. >> it's like they have a script.

the streets are a young place for a woman to be a prostitute without a pimp and they work them and work them. >> only been here for four days, and this is your first time out there? you have lots to learn. you are fortunate for meeting me. a lot of guys will try to take advantage of you or steer you in the wrong direction. >> like try to have sex with me and not pay? one guy tried to do that. >> guys will do that. honestly i am getting nervous out here. i am sitting out here -- >> the undercover has to be very careful. some of the guys are violent. even though this is out in the open and precautions are taken to ensure she is safe, you got to be careful. >> it's really hit or miss. >> you really got be careful. >> somebody to gi me guidance? >> you need somebody. i don't know how many people you have got -- >> i don't have anybody. >> then you need my help. >> yeah.

to get going. referrals. to help me out with, the you know, whatever you are going help me out with. >> that's not a problem at all. i'm at your service. >> she knows exactly how to play it. and every word is being recorded and listened to by other investigators so they know right when to come in. >> let your next move be your best move. if you want me there for you, you got invest me in me. >> once he starts selling his services he is crossing the line. he's breaking the law. >> what i mean, i mean, i can't do things for free. >> she makes up an excuse to leave. she tells the guy she has got go see a john. she goes away for an hour. we come back to the meeting spot, and she gives him the money, the percentage of what she earned from turning a trick, and at that point in the investigator's eyes, the law has been broken and that's when they arrest him.

they question him. they take him away. at one point i get a chance to ask him some questions. can you tell me what happened? >> i was going one way and the female was going the other, and she said something and i said something back, and the next thing you know, i'm in cuffs, man. >> so you just talked and that was it? >> as far as i know, yeah. what else did i do? >> did you promise her anything? >> i didn't make her any promises. >> did you offer her anything? >> i didn't offer her anything but a friend. >> a friend. did you tell her you could be her pimp? >> i have never been a pimp in my life. >> you never have been? >> i'm not a pimp. >> how did you get that money in your pocket? >> she put it in my pocket.

>> she put it in your pocket. why would a woman who you just met tonight give you money like that? >> she is working for the police. >> she also told you she was a prostitute. she was going turn a trick and she would meet and that money she gave you was supposed to be from the trick she turned. >> that's not what she said. >> what did she say? >> it was all a blur. >> all a blur. seems like when i ask the difficult questions about being a pimp it's all a blur. everything else you remember. >> i feel like i am a victim of circumstances. >> you're the victim. not the woman you tried to recruit so you could be her pimp? you didn't have to promise her certain things that a pimp would promise. >> that came out of nowhere. my intention was to get a couple drinks and go back home. >> what made you notice her? >> she's a good looking woman. i'm a good looking dude. that's what i felt like attracted her to me. >> and you wanted to be her pimp? >> never.

>> so you were set up? >> i am set up, honestly. >> unlike other suspects and criminals i have interviewed who admit to what they have done, these guys arrested by the pimp investigative team won't give up a thing. i wasn't doing it. she is a good looking girl, i am a good looking guy. they do not give up a thing. but in court, christopher does concede more than he did to me, and he please guilty to a charge of pandering and gets a suspended sentence. coming up -- vegas police department on a manhunt for a suspected pimp. >> i understand you are not over there but is there anyway you can go to the house. >> they enlist the help of this woman. >> if you had not escaped when you did, where would you be today? >> the hospital or the morgue. >> then i confront the suspect. >> what about at the restaurant that time when she says --

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this is the police department. >> the pimp investigative team also does street operations. and it was interesting because we were actually at their offices in the middle of a very active case. the s.w.a.t. team went to the house to try and arrest this guy. we watched this case unfold in real action. the s.w.a.t. team is in this house now doing a thorough search to see whether or not this guy is in there.

if they find him they will bring him out. how the cops got here is interesting story. it started with not one but two 911 calls. the first was from a woman. and another call from a man claiming he was being victimized. the police figured donna was telling the truth. and they figured that steven had a history of violence. we start early in the morning. the police are aggressively pursuing the case. the victim, donna, is with them. we are in a parking lot. the goal is to try to find steven harris. it had to be a heck of an experience to find yourself trapped. >> yeah, pretty much. probably one of the worst experiences in my life. >> donna lives in florida. she was in the air force for a while. she was online, myspace. meets steven. they develop an online relationship.

she invites her to come to vegas. she figures this could be a legitimate romantic opportunity. how long were you here in vegas before things went bad? >> approximately a week and a half. >> earlier we saw a pimp trying to recruit somebody that he thought was a prostitute. with donna we see an accused pimp trying to recruit someone who isn't a working girl at all. what happened? >> everything was fine. we went out to eat. there were a couple older white gentlemen. he said why don't you go over there and talk to him and see what you can do for us. i thought he was kidding. i laughed it off. he didn't say anything until we got home. he told me why didn't you do what i told you to do. you make the -- i make the decisions. you were supposed to go over there and talk to those gentlemen and make some money. >> he wanted me to turn a trick

and prostitute. >> you had to be thinking this isn't what i signed up for. >> is that really what you brought me out here for? he said yeah. did you think i really wanted to be there for you? i grabbed a couple things trying to hurry and get out of the house. >> what did he do? >> he put his right arm around my stomach and grabbed my hand. i had my cell phone in it. i tried to pull away and he threw me across the room. i landed on my back and he started beating me. >> he beat you? >> yeah. >> so you got out of the house? >> i sat on the bed and we talked and then i went to the bathroom and he watched me go to the bathroom, which is humiliating. and then after that -- sorry. >> that's all right. if you had not escaped when you did, where do you think you would be today? >> either in the hospital or the morgue. >> the cops need to find steven harris and this is all happening very quickly and donna bravely agreed to help the police find

steven harris. >> hey. what are you doing? i mean i just wanted to know if i could come by and get my stuff. i can find my own way back. >> steven harris tells donna that he's not home. >> i understand you are not over there, but is there any weigh you can go to the house? >> he's not going give up the location where he's at. >> okay. all right. whatever. >> the police don't know whether he is lying. he could be hiding out in his big home. they figure when they do get there it's either going be an arrest warrant, a search warrant, perhaps both. >> steven harris, las vegas police department. come outside. >> there was nobody home. steven harris apparently hadn't been there for a while. all of a sudden,

he calls one of the detectives who had been trying to reach him for days. trying to track him down. this is where it gets interesting. >> how are you doing, man? let me ask you a question. would you be willing to fill out a written statement about what happened to get your side of the story? >> they set up a meeting in a strip mall area, and here he comes, steven harris. >> walk this way. come on. >> they arrest steven harris. as they are taking him to the police car, i approach him and i ask him if he wants to talk. i am chris hanson. >> once he figures out who it is he wants to tell the story. >> we are doing the story on pimps in las vegas. >> co-incidence. >> lucky for me.

>> do you ever see our show "to catch a predator." >> what, is she 17 or something? >> no. >> good. >> but the word on the street, steven, is that you're a pimp. >> no. >> she just made this up? >> she made a lot of stuff up. >> was you following us around at the restaurant? >> were you following us around to the restaurant? >> i will get to that. you tell her to go up to a group of men. >> no. that never happened. >> so she is making this up. >> if i was a so-called pimp, i would never let someone of my girls go solicit somebody while they were with me, that is just dumb. if i was a pimp i wouldn't do that.

so that story is a lie. made up. >> the picture that starts to come together here is one of you grooming her like so many other pimps groom women. >> i told her she could be my woman. we did everything that you would do with a woman and even some more. >> how come you whooped her? i didn't. she said that? >> she told you i whooped her? >> she said she was defending herself. >> did you see anything where she was beat up? >> so you are the victim? >> first she beats me up and i call domestic violence on her and now i am going jail on pimping. yes, honestly i am the victim here. >> so you are saying you have never pimped any woman? >> no. i called domestic violence on the girl because she beat me up. the next thing you know, i'm in jail for pandering. that's our system. that's what i want folks to know. if you think you want to call the cops because your spouse beat you up you might want to think about that again. >> i appreciate you talking. >> no problem. >> after our meeting, steven harris pleads guilty to pandering and is sentenced to 90 days in jail.

coming up -- >> he sat on my arms. >> two women with the same pimp tell remarkably similar stories. >> how many times did he beat you? >> too many to count. >> and i confront him. >> how do you make your living? >> i am one, too? >> you are one too what? >> i am an entertainer. whatever you want to call it. i am an entertainer. >> when "vegas undercover raw" continues. our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in.

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las vegas. casinos restaurants and shows. drawing 40 million tourists a year. it's known as an adult playground. here is the man who runs the las vegas police department and is aware of his town's reputation. sin city.

there is a perception across the city that certain behavior is tolerated here. >> i know the advertising that you see out there may give people that impression but it's far from that. we're a very proactive hard working progressive police organization. >> i think there is also the perception that prostitution is legal. >> in clark county it's illegal. it's a very dirty business. there is a lot of criminal activity associated with it. we're very aggressive in going off the three components of prostitution. you have the pimps, you have the prostitutes and the clients. and all three get attention by us. >> one of the reasons why the pimp investigative team is so aggressive about going after the pimps is that in many cases, they are violent guys. we are introduced to two women, jessica and elizabeth who tell remarkably similar stories about living with, working for, and

being abused by. >> how are you? >> mario is slick. he meets with elizabeth, senses apparently that she is in a real bad spot and within an hour convinces her to come to work for him. >> how did he come off? was he a charming guy? >> absolutely. you know, he would drive up in his escalade, $10,000 worth of jewelry on. of course it's attractive. >> what did he tell you? >> he asked me what i wanted to do with my life. you know, what i wanted. that he can make it all happen. and i packed my stuff and an hour later i was in his condo. >> how much would you talk? >> i had a quota. >> what was the quota? 1,200 to $1,500 a night.

>> what would happen if you didn't make that quota? >> he would make sure. >> elizabeth tells tales how mario used threats and intimidation to keep his girls in line. >> so he shaved your head? >> on the lowest setting of the clippers. >> he knows your weaknesses. oh, yeah. i would be so scared of him i would pass out before he got near me. >> did he ever hit you or abuse you? >> yes. >> tell me about that. >> i saw him hit one of the girls and he was so nonchalant and i had never been exposed to anything like that and i was like you know what, i don't respect men who hit women, and he shraopled my head into the floor. >> why did you stay? >> i really had no other choice. you know, after that, yeah. i tried to get out. and there was no leaving. he wouldn't let me. >> what would he do? >> he would be like all right. go pack your stuff. if i actually did he would beat me so severely. >> how many times did he beat

you altogether? >> too many to count. >> too many to count, yet you stayed. >> i couldn't leave. >> but elizabeth does leave. mario is out of town and she decides enough is enough and makes her daring escape. >> elizabeth tells her story. mario is arrested and then he makes bail. when he is out on bail is when he apparently beats up jessica. >> he beat me up because he thought i was lying to him. >> he thought you were lying? >> he thought i was cheating on him. >> remarkably, jessica's story is almost identical to elizabeth's. >> i woke up and he started yelling at me asking me who it was and before i could answer him, yeah, he picked me up and threw me off the couch. >> what did he do then? >> slid on the floor. he sat on my arms --

>> pinned you down? >> uh-huh. that's when he hit me in my face. >> similarly, when he is accused of beating up jessica, he also cuts off some of her hair. jessica agrees to be interviewed. the detective gets a warrant and basically there is a manhunt. there is an interesting parallel because that detective actually went to high school with mario. and mario knows that chris is coming after him and chris knows that mario is going do his best not to get caught. >> is mario here? where is he at? do you know? you don't know? you don't know? all right, chris. he is not here. >> they check out two other locations where he has been known to stay. >> nobody home. >> he is not there.

and then there is a phone call. it's mario's lawyer. he has agreed to turn himself in. he makes bail again and this is when i decide to go pay a visit to mario at his home. look, i just wanted to get your side of the story on this. >> i'm innocent. only thing i am guilty of is being black and having a girlfriend who is a prostitute. there is no crime in having 15 girlfriends. there's no crime in having 15 girlfriends. is that a crime? i'm not married. i'm still young. >> there is no crime in having 15 girlfriends. were they going out and turning tricks and giving you money? >> that's what i'm saying, no, they wasn't. i never told her that she could sell her -- sell herself and get some money and give it to me. >> how do you make your living then? >> i am one, too. >> what? >> i am an escort yourself. >> so you make money being an escort? >> i am an entertainer. however you want to call it.

i'm an entertainer, however you want to call it. i am addicted to pretty women. that's all it is. >> they were turning over their earnings to you? >> they don't have no evidence. >> jessica had a black eye and bruises all over her body. she claims -- >> that's what she claims, but let me tell you like this, i'm innocent in all of that and in the end the truth will come out. >> mario davis denies wrong doing to me, but he pleads guilty to pandering and is sentenced to five years probation. you know, five years probation seemed light to a lot of people and i posed the question to chris and he said look, we got a guilty plea. we got it on the record. and if he does one thing wrong in five years he will go away for a long time. so either he stops doing it and we have achieved our goal or he messes up and he is gone for a

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welcome back to "vegas undercover raw." we have seen vegas police officers putting themselves on the line to hunt down the dangerous violent men controlling the prostitution industry, the pimps. next, you will see what happens when the vegas vice squad sets up another undercover sting, this time to take down the call girls. >> what are you targeting? >> the prostitute that makes her living out of more than just prostitution. >> karen hughes is in charge of this vice squad. she is not just going after the working girls for prostitution but she is taking aim at theft. >> she is stealing from her clients and we call those trick rolls. >> the male undercover officer checks into a hotel room wired

with cameras and microphones. there is an expensive watch and they see if the woman takes it. how often does this go on? >> goes on all the time. >> the reason the police do the trick roll sting operations is because, and the reality is that a lot of the guys are not going report this because they are embarrassed by what's happened. >> the undercover police officer posing as the john calls for the escort service or the call girl and literally within minutes the woman is knocking on the door. so this woman was familiar to you guys? >> yes. she was encountered last night by the enforcement team. >> how long has she been in the game? >> probably a couple of months. she works for an escort service now. worked at a strip club and was a preschool teacher prior to that. >> she was a teacher? >> went into cocktails.

didn't make enough cocktails there, so three months later, here she is. >> we are going actually have sex, right? >> uh-huh. >> the trick is when the undercover police officer posing as the john acts like he's had too much to drink and passes out. >> are you really that drunk? >> thus creating the opportunity for the woman to take the money, the watch, or whatever is out there. >> do you need help? >> no, can you give me a back rub or something? >> yeah. >> she gives him a massage. he passes out. she checks to make sure that he is out.

and then she takes a substantial amount of money. something like $1,100. >> go. >> how strong is the video tape as evidence? >> almost irrefutable. not only do you have the undercover officer that will testify that that is the same individual that he encountered but we have the video tape as well. >> the former preschool teacher pleads guilty to soliciting but gets the larceny charge dismissed as part of a plea arrangement. she is sentenced to time served. when another party arrives, instead of playing drunk, the officer is in a wheelchair and police are in for a surprise. >> i know it is hard to believe but this woman is actually pregnant.

>> this is one of those sad cases. how bad is this woman's life that she, while pregnant, shows up to turn a trick in some guy's hotel room. that's a sad case. >> i'm seven months. blowing up now. >> the pregnant suspect helps the undercover officer over to the couch. she seems genuinely concerned about the john. >> you okay? >> i'm fine. you got me worried about you. >> i'm fine.

>> they negotiate the deal for $500 for nearly two hours, and even though she's clearly pregnant, she says there's no limit for what she can do for him. >> it's in my backpack. you can just grab $500 from there. >> out of your wallet? >> the wallet. >> just bring me your wallet. >> okay. >> go. don't put her down. do not put her down. >> stand up. stand up. turn around. turn around.

>> it's important to say, not everybody stole. many were quite concerned about the well-being of the so-called john. even though maybe in her mind she was just taking the money she was owed, it's still illegal and she was arrested. the pregnant prostitute pleads guilty to soliciting and is sent to aids awareness and find $500. coming up -- >> this woman is considered a veto of the vice enforcement top offender. she is one of the most 50

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the goal is to round up women who are not only selling their bodies, but turning some other tricks on their customer. >> it's a hotel room, and it looks like a guy has been staying there and there's an expensive watch out, in this case, a rolex, chips of value, and if somebody wants to take advantage it's all right there, and it's all being recorded. as the cameras roll, some suspected prostitutes steal, but it's important to point out that a fair number don't take anything other than the negotiated price. they may have been honest, but they're still arrested for soliciting, and the cops recognize some of the ladies coming through the door, like

this woman, a familiar face, shannon. >> this woman is consider advice enforcement top offender. she is one of the 50 most prolific prostitutes. and because of that, they believe it's more likely she will try to rob a john. >> the undercover officer is pretending to be passed out. >> did she take his watch? >> i think so. >> how many times has she been arrested? >> 30, 40 times, maybe. >> how can somebody so young be so prolific, and you can see the toll it's taking on her life. rough. >> she's trying to check out the wallet, but she can only talk with one hand and she already knows what she has in the chips.

>> she has not touched the rolex. >> a tense moment for shannon, and chips. i told you. >> she just needs to leave. take your stuff and go. >> you see it coming. for once the woman takes the money or the chips or the watch, you know she will be arrested. >> oh my god. >> coming up, a candid conversation with one of las vegas's most prolific prostitutes. >> we heard that you had been arrested some 50 times is that true? >> probably.

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go. >> the las vegas police department pimp investigation team. >> i didn't do anything. >> ran a sting operation to catch prostiutes in the act. >> those are nice. >> not just for soliciting but for stealing from johns, too. some took the bait. others didn't. but the only thing for sure is behind the glitz, there is a dark story to be told. i first saw shannon, designated one of vegas's most prolific prostitutes, when she entered the hotel room. wired by the vegas police.

after her arrest, i wanted to find out from her what makes a woman arrested nearly 50 times keep going back to that life. >> what happened? >> i was stupid. >> you were stupid? >> >> we had heard that you had been arrested some 50 times. is that true? >> probably. i think so. >> do you know what v.e.t.o. is? >> yeah i am. yeah i do know. >> shannon has been in trouble with the law so many time she has been designated a v.e.t.o. a vice enforcement top offender. >> you are one of the top 50 most active prostitutes in las vegas. >> that's why i am mad at myself right now. i have been trying to settle down. >> how did you get designated? >> i am -- i have been out here eight years. i have been out here every

single day. i have been busted more than a million and one times. >> more than a million and one times? >> by every single police officer out here. >> how old are you? >> 24. >> how did you end up in this situation? >> an ex-boyfriend of mine. >> is that how you got into the life? >> i was 17, 18. >> how much money can you make doing this? >> you don't make good money doing this. that's the whole point. >> you got make some money. >> i mean you make the money because you want to get things, >> back in the day you would make money. i would make money. >> back in the day how long ago? is. >> five years ago i made like two grand a day. >> two grand a day? what did you do with the money? >> stupid stuff. >> drugs? >> no. when i first started doing it yeah i was on drugs. >> what kind of drugs? >> i used to do speed. i had a baby and gave my baby up.

>> you have been clean what? four or five years? >> no, two years. >> what kind of men do you meet? >> sometimes i meet weirdos. like really weirdos. >> they want to call me a little girl and want me to tell them they are my daddy. that i'm 10 years old. >> do you have a pimp? 0 or do you run this on your own? >> i had one a long time ago when i first got into it and he pistol whipped me three times. >> whipped you? >> i got welts all over my hand. >> so you ran away? >> he actually went to prison for life. >> now how much money can you make doing this? >> i don't know. now i really don't count. i am not out there like that. i am banned from vegas. i am done with vegas and vegas is done with me and this is not the life for anybody to take. seriously. >> where do you go from here?

>> i think i'm going jail. >> at some point after being arrested 50 times, that's going lead to a serious sentence. >> yeah i'm in some -- >> how do you get out of this? >> you are asking me that? >> is that your plan? >> yeah. >> is there anything else you want folks to know? >> don't get in it. it's not fun. not at all. >> shannon pleads guilty to the felony charge of attempted theft and gets five years probation. when she does an unrelated crime her sentence is revoked and her time behind bars is one to five years.

>> here in vegas there is the thought that prostitution is legal. there are numerous 800 numbers, call girl services. it's here. it's sad. sad. very dark. i don't care if they are the most prolific prostitute in las vegas, these are hard lives. there is good reason to do an investigation like this, i mean, nobody who saw or took part in it was high fiving that they caught somebody doing it. the las vegas police department stepped up their vice squad investigations like the ones that we have shown you this hour in response to a significant spike in criminal activity. soon after the crackdown, they reported 40% reduction in vice-related theft. and all major crimes involving pimps, prostitutes and johns started trending downward. a trend they hope will continue all this in an effort to reach

their goal of making las vegas the safest community in america. that's all for this edition of "vegas undercover raw." i'm chris hansen. thanks for watching. i'm lester holt and this is date line. >> he was the biggest entertainer in the world. a pillar in the black community. from pillar to pariah. bill cosby in a storm of sexual allegations. more than 50 women dating back almost 50 years. >> i'd like to look in the camera and say you didn't know we'd all find each other, did you? >> an unprecedented interview. >> i have never done an interrue this large. >> dozens of his accusers