SOSUA, Puerto Plata.-El director del Cuerpo Especializado de Seguridad Turística (Cestur), general de brigada Juan Carlos Torres Robiou, announced today a new initiative to cease prostitution in the municipality of Sosua.
Cestur officials will begin detaining identified prostitutes who have been previously arrested in Sosua and are found to be in the company of men on Playa Sosua and calles on or adjoining the main throughways of Sosua, including Pedro Clisante and other calles, avenidas, and areas zoned for businesses catering to tourism in the municipality.
Sosua mayor Ilana Neumann de Azar, politician and lawyer from the Dominican Republic, reportedly met with General Torres Robiou last week and expressed approval of of the Cestur initiative he proposed. She issued a statement giving a rationale for the change but acknowledged that sex tourists cannot be detained under current laws in The Dominican Republic.
"While adult prostitution is legal in the Dominican Republic,Neumann said, it can lead to sex trafficking - known as modern day slavery - when someone is forced, deceived or coerced into commercial sexual exploitation against their will."
"Detaining known prostitutes and questioning men in their company may save Dominican women from the dangers of human trafficking and will give Cestur a new tool to help make Sosua a safer destination for family tourism."
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