Burkina Faso: massage parlors dismantled for prostitution
Prevention campaign in Burkina Faso.
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In Burkina Faso, the police fight against prostitution.
Several so-called "massage" salons were dismantled by investigators.
In total, nearly fifty sites were discovered as part of the investigation, fifteen people were arrested including six of Senegalese nationality referred to the prosecution.
They are prosecuted for procuring, trafficking in persons and money laundering.
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With our correspondent in Ouagadougou,
Yaya Boudani
They are Ivorians, Malians, Senegalese or Burkinabè.
Recruited to work as masseuses, they indulged in prostitution in these massage parlors that are growing like mushrooms in the capital.
“
To veil, they actually do massages, but they are erotic massages which are different from the therapeutic massages that are commonly known.
The proof is that, when you arrive in this massage parlor, you will see TV screens which broadcast pornography over and over, ”explains
Gaston Sawadogo, editor-in-chief of the bimonthly
Event
.
He coordinated an investigation into this new form of prostitution in
Burkina Faso.
Following numerous advertisements from these shows on social networks, the criminal investigations division (DIC) of the judicial police took up the case.
“
We have identified more than 50 sites.
These girls who call themselves masseuses were involved in prostitution activities.
And this sum goes to the owner of the place, if you want the owner.
And when we took over this place, we discovered material that we seized: prepaid bank cards, a large sum of money, 74 mobile phones ”, says
Commissioner Janot Nadembega, head of the criminal investigations division. (DIC) of the direction of the judicial police (DPJ).
Investigators have dismantled six salons and six people of Senegalese nationality are prosecuted for procuring, human trafficking and money laundering.
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