Arrested 98 prostitutes since March: police
27 Sep 2012, 2:33 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Maldivian police have revealed that they have arrested 98 prostitutes in Male’ since March this year, including some expatriate males.
According to police, 58 of the alleged prostitutes have now been deported and sent back to their countries.
In one instance police said a Bangladeshi expatriate who was caught and deported had changed his name and crossed the Maldivian border by changing his information. Police said the person was arrested a second time for involvement in prostitution.
Police custody currently hold four Thai women, two Bangladeshi women and men, and three Maldivians in detention, all of them whom arrested in massage parlors on suspicious of being involved in prostitution.
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