Police target prostitutes in raid

By Murat Sultangaliev

During "STOP Traffic" police operative-preventive raid in Atyrau that took place on March 26-28, 19 prostitutes have been kept in a file.

According to Gulnazira Mukhtarova, the head of press service of regional Internal Affairs Department, all detained women were the visitors from the southern regions of the country.

On March 26, police officers detained 44-y.o. woman from Atyrau residing on Makhambet Street, who provided her apartment to girls who were engaged in prostitution. Concerning her an administrative report has been filed as per Art. 450 of the RoK Administrative Code ("Granting premises for prostitution or pimping").

On March 28, employees of Organized Crime Control Department caught red-handed 26-y.o. citizen of Uzbekistan- an employee of one of saunas in the city who invited girls to bath house as per clients’ requests and took for his services 2 thousand tenge. Criminal case has been initiated against him.