After sweeping the streets of Norway’s capital Oslo clean of prostitutes last year, city police were a bit shocked to discover that the pros are back and their numbers are just as high as they were before the clean-up effort. Oslo passed a ban on open prostitution and the purchase of sex services in 2008 in a bid to clean up the image of their city.
But the Aftenposten newspaper reports that the number of sex workers on the capital’s streets is almost back to its pre-ban levels. Local police were surprised by the finding, but promised a quick reaction.
Oslo’s Chief Inspector Oeyvind Norgarden told the Aftenposten “The number is surprisingly high, and the customers must be caught.” The police chief promises to increase the frequency of patrols along the city streets, even throughout the night. One aim is to catch the customers red-handed in the illegal act.
Norgarden also claims his police will check out every prostitute they run across and check if their residence papers are correct. Most of Oslo’s streetwalkers come from Eastern Europe and Nigeria, according to the police. If they are found to be living in Norway illegally they can be deported.
(Photo/Oslo taken by Jarrett Iovine)
prostitutin a mental illness?some people are just living in the middle ages.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way… and
prostitution is a mental illness. I believe if there
were no selfish, greedy humans, and if human
population were healthier (not over-populated), there
would be enough for everyone. Any acts out of the
norm does come from a troubled mine. Something is
wrong with the management of a country if there is
abnormal happenings going on.
What is the difference between a sober Romanian woman doing it for money and a totally drunk Norwegian woman doing it for just for fun…
Óh come on now. those poor girls are just trying to work the kreppa. We all gotta make some money some how!
“catch the customers red-handed in the illegal act”
I pray the police are fully prepared with tear gas, tasers, and special forces back-up in case things turn nasty. The war on hand-jobs is a bigger threat than the war on terror.