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LAW ENFORCEMENT BODIES OF ARMENIA MANAGED TO STOP TRANSPORTATION OF
100 ARMENIAN WOMEN ABROAD FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN 2004
YEREVAN, MARCH 17. ARMINFO. To effectively combat prostitution,
procurement and trafficking in persons, the corresponding legislation
must be toughened, Head of Armenian Police, Lt.General Hayk
Haroutiunyan says at parliamentary hearings "Activity of the
law-enforcement structures to prevent organized crime" today.
He says that in 2004 29 cases of procurement and 2 cases of
trafficking to the United Arab Emirates for sexual exploitation were
exposed. One case of trafficking was exposed due to operative measures
taken by the law- enforcement bodies of Armenia and Russia, he
says. As a result. A criminal grouping was detained in Russia, which
consisted of Armenia who tried to transport six Armenian women from
Russia to UAE. On the whole, in 2004 the law- enforcement bodies
managed to stop transportation of 100 Armenian women abroad for sexual
exploitation, with 730 prostitutes being brought administratively
responsible. -m-
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
100 ARMENIAN WOMEN ABROAD FOR SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN 2004
YEREVAN, MARCH 17. ARMINFO. To effectively combat prostitution,
procurement and trafficking in persons, the corresponding legislation
must be toughened, Head of Armenian Police, Lt.General Hayk
Haroutiunyan says at parliamentary hearings "Activity of the
law-enforcement structures to prevent organized crime" today.
He says that in 2004 29 cases of procurement and 2 cases of
trafficking to the United Arab Emirates for sexual exploitation were
exposed. One case of trafficking was exposed due to operative measures
taken by the law- enforcement bodies of Armenia and Russia, he
says. As a result. A criminal grouping was detained in Russia, which
consisted of Armenia who tried to transport six Armenian women from
Russia to UAE. On the whole, in 2004 the law- enforcement bodies
managed to stop transportation of 100 Armenian women abroad for sexual
exploitation, with 730 prostitutes being brought administratively
responsible. -m-
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress