Eight halliksiktet after crackdown on massage parlors – VG

Several conditions can reveal the forward, believes the police.

Tuesday aksjonerte the police against 16 addresses in Bergen, in cooperation with, among others, the labour inspectorate and the tax administration. The last time police have seen a resurgence in the number of so-called massage parlors in the local area, and had information that several of them work as brothels.

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On the basis of the action is eight persons charged with pimping. Two of these sitting on Tuesday evening in the arrest, and shall avhøres Wednesday.

All eight are of thai origin. Police tell the VG that most, but not all, of those charged have Norwegian citizenship.

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“We have had less issues in this environment in a long time, and on the basis of the collected information, assessments and monitoring we had in the day enough to go on to undertake a coordinated action,” says politiadvokat Asbjørn Onarheim by the section for organised crime in the West police district to the VG.

Now try the police to wrap up the environment, and Onarheim says more can be viewed in the time ahead. Siktelsene of the eight are currently limited to pimping, but it can be revealed to several factors, including tax evasion, arbeidsmiljøkriminalitet and human trafficking.

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Know hardly where in the world they are located

– It is deprived young girls who work in these places. Many may not English or Norwegian, some know hardly where in the world they are located. It is completely uncertain whether they at all serve something to sell sex, or on the back men – and women-take-all, ” says Politiadvokat Onarheim.

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Warning to be sexkunde in christmas presents

year-to-Date it is registered between 50 and 60 sexkjøpskunder in Bergen, and police believe the number is going to rise for christmas presents.

– It is easy to err in julebordssesongen. Julebordssesongen with a high alcohol intake makes that temptation to buy sexual services there, ” says Linda Ervik, the coordinator of the EXIT-group at the Western police district to TV2.