It seeks in cooperation with “Economic Development” to limit the distribution of obscene advertisement cards in residential areas

Dubai Police are chasing "massage girls"

Distribution of cards is a legal violation on multiple charges.

Emirates today

Deputy Director of the General Department of Investigations for Oversight Affairs in Dubai Police, Colonel Jamal Al Jallaf, said that the police began to take strict security measures, in coordination with the Department of Economic Development, against massage girls, who are active in distributing cards that include semi-nude pictures and phone numbers, noting that the aim of those Advertising is "engaging in illegal activities".

The Executive Director of the Commercial Control and Consumer Protection Sector at the Department of Economic Development, Omar Boushehab, stated that the department held a meeting with the police, recently, as part of a campaign aimed at limiting the distribution of advertising cards in residential areas, indicating that these girls distributed their photos and phone numbers, to advertise massage services. full.

He described this behavior as a kind of "disguised prostitution".

In detail, Colonel Jamal Al Jallaf, Deputy Director of the General Department of Investigations for Oversight Affairs in Dubai Police, confirmed that the purpose of the "massage girls" advertisements is to engage in illegal activities that "fall within the framework of suspicious sexual acts."

Al-Jallaf confirmed that the police began to take strict security measures against these girls, in coordination between the police and the Department of Economic Development "to inform us automatically of any practitioner of these suspicious acts," noting that "the department is aware of those who do not have a license to do so."

Al-Jalaf called on people facing these matters to “inform the security authorities by calling the police phones,” noting that if any information is received from people who possess these advertisements, or even from residents of residential areas who are disturbed by the matter, a police patrol will be sent to them. And preparing an ambush to catch them red-handed.

Al-Jallaf pointed out that inviting and receiving girls may lead to greater crimes, in terms of theft and assault, and may lead to murder, as the victim has no information about the girl other than her phone number, which may not be in her real name.

In addition, Boushehab said that the department recently held a meeting with the police, as part of a campaign aimed at curbing the phenomenon of girls distributing their photos and phone numbers in residential areas, to advertise full massage services, considering that this act constitutes a violation and a crime.

He pointed out that campaigns to raid apartments and prepare ambushes are the responsibility of the police, and in the case of individual advertisements, the department only has to seize them and submit them to the police, to prepare an ambush for these girls red-handed to arrest them.

Boushehab described these practices as "trading in prostitution, even if she wears a mask of massage," stressing that "these types of acts fall within the scope of the practice of prostitution, and the distribution of these cards is in itself a legal violation."

He added that if most of the massage centers themselves are nothing but dens for prostitution, and not specialized centers, then what about working in massage without a center, and once an advertisement in the form of a card as home delivery services.

He said that the International City (International City) is outside the scope of the department's inspectors' work, as it is located within the private development, but there are new agreements that enable us to enter and inspect it.

Boushehab explained that "there are two types of promoters of these illegal acts. The first is girls who work in a massage center, and after the end of the work period, they take massage equipment and work for their own account. .

A source from the Public Prosecution Office in Dubai stated that the Public Prosecution is investigating any of these accused after being referred by the police, and after investigations, the accusation is adapted based on the facts and details of the crime, but he initially clarified that placing the sticker on the doors of the apartments, announcing the presence of a girl providing massage services to the apartments And the rooms, is a crime, and it is also a preparatory act for other crimes, that is, it is an illegal act.”

The same source pointed out that “the pictures of girls printed on advertisements, in which they are semi-naked, are considered a crime of committing a public indecency, and there are girls who may see these pictures, and they are residents of buildings, which is also considered a crime of outraging female modesty in a public place.” .

He added: "This is in addition to the crime of incitement to immorality and prostitution, and in the event the police prepare an ambush and arrest her in the act, she is involved in the crime of practicing prostitution, with the aim of obtaining sums of money."

The newspaper investigated the phenomenon, and obtained cards titled "Excellent Comfort" and "Better Room Service", which included the names of Chinese girls.

A resident of the International City said that he lives with his family members, and such behavior disturbs him and his family, pointing out that he is surprised by the presence of these advertisements on the door of his apartment daily.

Another said that "the matter exceeded the moral limit accepted by any culture or society," stressing the need to take a firm stance towards those responsible for spreading this phenomenon.

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