Ex-Yoshiwara soapland worker sparks panic with ‘snitch manual’ to shut down illegal establishmentsTOKYO (TR) – The infamous Yoshiwara red-light district is on high alert after a vengeful former sex worker successfully took down a top-tier soapland bathhouse — and then published a step-by-step “snitch manual” online for others to do the same, reports Shukan Post (Aug. 8). The underground sex industry, long protected by a code of silence, is unraveling. “Police can raid a soapland whenever they want,” explains Sho Wakabayashi, a lawyer familiar with the sex industry. “We’ve always been conscious of the authorities, but with the appearance of this snitch manual, we now have to fear our own insides. “Soapland bathhouses are practically illegal prostitution operations, and I think they should all be crushed.