Saipan may learn from an Italian town mayor`s proposal to help deter prostitution and punish those who patronize it, as reported by Reuters: By taking photos of vehicles that pick the girls up and publishing the number plates in local newspapers.
In Saipan`s case, will Variety and Tribune step up to the plate as well?
The mayor said he planned to give local police digital cameras and instruct them to photograph any cars seen stopping to liaise with prostitutes on the side of the street.
While the number of prostitutes on Italian streets has increased dramatically in recent years that prompted the Vatican last week to call for new laws to punish clients of prostitution, the mayor said his reasons for tackling prostitution were entirely secular and far more mundane.
"I think it's more important to protect the rights of citizens who have to be at work early but are kept up at night by the sound of cars," he told Reuters.
In Saipan, there`s no credible government data on the number of prostitutes. Ever. All they say is that it`s increasing.
3 comments:
Do we have that kind of prostitution here? Doesn't most of the prostitution occur in the karaoke clubs and on Capital Hill?
you haven`t been to garapan?
i hear that the saipanda is the chief pimp and that all of the ho's pay him in "taste of the marianas" tokens.
gotta keep the pimp paw strong...
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