Convicted pimp Reza Moazami is going nowhere.

Prison remains the only place for the Vancouver man who ran a teen prostitution ring.

A judge has rejected Moazami’s application to be released while he appeals his cases.

Currently serving 17 years for prostitution-related charges and three years for attempting to obstruct of justice, Moazami has indicated that he hopes to find a job or go to school.

But Justice S. David Frankel of the B.C. Court of Appeal is not convinced that Moazami will behave well.

“My decision rests on his failure to satisfy me he will refrain from committing further offences if released,” Frankel wrote in his reasons for judgment dated June 20, 2019.

In 2014, Moazami was found guilty of 30 prostitution-related and sexual offences. The crimes involved 11 victims between the ages of 14 and 19 years. The offences were committed between 2009 and 2011.

Frankel recalled that the trial judge determined that Moazami “operated a relatively sophisticated and lucrative prostitution business”. It “involved his having sex with the victims and using drugs to control their behavior”.

About two years later, he was convicted by another judge of attempting to obstruct justice and breach of a court order by communicating with one of his victims.

Now in prison, Moazami wanted to be released with his mother as surety, or the person who will make sure that he complies with the conditions of the bail order.

However, Frankel is not persuaded that the man’s mother can take on this responsibility based on previous experience.

Frankel recalled that Moazami had a record of convictions before he was found guilty on prostitution and obstruction charges.

“As for Mr. Moazami’s mother acting as a surety, of considerable concern is that she has previously been unable to ensure his good behavior,” according to Frankel. “ Three of the recognizances in effect for portions of time Mr. Moazami operated his prostitution business were ones in which his mother was his surety.”

Frankel also found “most troubling” that the woman was acting as her son’s surety when Moazami “operated his prostitution business from his mother’s apartment”.

Frankel was also not swayed by Moazami’s suggestion of wearing an electronic monitoring device.

“To begin, there is nothing before me with respect to the availability and suitability of this technology,” Frankel stated. “However, assuming that technology could be used to monitor his movements and provide information as to his geographic location, it would not adequately address the concerns I have with respect to his risk to reoffend.”