POLICE WANTS LEGISLATION FOR CRACKDOWN ON PROSTITUTION
ARMENPRESS
Aug 3, 2007
YEREVAN, AUGUST 3, ARMENPRESS: Deputy chief of Armenian police,
Hovhannes Hunanian, told a news conference today that out of 933
prostitutes, registered by police this year, 53 are ill with venereal
diseases.
He said prostitution is practiced largely by Armenian women in Yerevan,
Gyumri, Vanadzor, Armavir, Kapan and Ararat towns.
He said police had to stop operation of several night clubs in Yerevan
and Gyumri which offered prostitutes for their clients.
Hovhannes Hunanian said the police intends to come out with a
legislative imitative that will make crackdown on prostitution more
effective, but he did not divulge. The deputy police chief also said
his subordinates revealed 7 cases of forcing Armenian citizens into
prostitution and forced labor and 19 souteneurs.
One of the souteneurs is a former Armenian citizen Gohar Kirakosian
who is wanted by Armenian law-enforcement bodies for taking Armenian
women to Turkey and forcing them into prostitution there.
According to Hunanian, this woman has managed to marry a Turkish
male, to obtain Turkish citizenship which has made her extradition
to Armenia impossible.