The NYPD nabbed more than 150 johns in a citywide sting
targeting people paying for prostitutes, police said.
The three day “Losing Proposition” initiative took place
between May 30 and June 1, during which time cops arrested 156 people for
patronizing a prostitute and seized 32 vehicles in addition to making nine
other arrests for various offenses, police said.
“The department is focusing on the demand side of the
equation. The exploitation of women is not a victimless crime,” top cop Ray
Kelly said.
Since 2011, "Losing Proposition" initiative has
resulted in more than 900 arrests for people patronizing prostitutes and cops
have seized more than 220 vehicles.
In addition to expanding this initiative, Kelly has added a
Human Trafficking Squad to “identify and arrest individuals engaged in
wholesale trafficking of human beings for the purpose of prostitution.”
Last month cops busted a 35-year-old Harlem man for sex
trafficking and promoting prostitution, police said. He was keeping three
women, one a missing 17-year-old from Connecticut, in an East Harlem housing
project.
Those arrested for paying adult prostitutes for sex face up
to one year in jail, while promoters of prostitution, face up to 25 years
behind bars, according to the NYPD.
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