Qld: Seven people arrested on illegal prostitution charges

AAP General News (Australia)
04-06-2006
Qld: Seven people arrested on illegal prostitution charges

BRISBANE, April 6 AAP - Seven people have been arrested on 20 charges of organising
an illegal prostitution racket, as part of a three-month police investigation across regional
Queensland.

Queensland Police launched Operation Tiptoe in January this year, in a crackdown on
illegal prostitution via advertisements in regional newspapers.

The investigation resulted in the arrests of seven people on 20 charges yesterday, police said.

It focused on the Sunshine Coast, Hervey Bay, Bundaberg, Maryborough and Gladstone
in the south-east as well as Rockhampton in central Queensland.

Among those arrested was a 48-year-old man from Bundaberg whom police allege was the
principal organiser of the racket.

He will appear in Bundaberg Magistrates Court today, charged with eight counts of knowingly
participating in the provision of prostitution and one count of possessing tainted property.

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KEYWORD: TIPTOE

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