Behind the Scenes: Strip Clubs and Sex Trafficking

Behind the Scenes: Strip Clubs and Sex Trafficking

Even though we’re almost a couple of decades late—and the famously ambiguous ending has already been spoiled for us— my husband and I recently decided to start watching “The Sopranos.” In a move that seems to flaunt HBOs freedom from the constraints of network TV, a topless go-go bar, Bada Bing, serves as the backdrop for many of the titular mobster family’s business dealings. The scenes were shot at an actual strip club in New Jersey known as Satin Dolls. Although they go by different names, fiction and reality bare unfortunate resemblances when it comes to the famed location. In 2013, the owner of Satin Dolls pled guilty to racketeering conspiracy, and the club was charged with prostitution and lewd activity in 2017.