New Orleans plans to tackle sex
trade in the French Quarter
Prostitutes from across the nation
are flocking there, following workers helping to rebuild
Associated Press
Oct. 24, 2006, 9:38PM
NEW ORLEANS - Contractors,
tradesmen and migrant workers have been pouring into town to
take advantage of the post-Katrina rebuilding boom —
and so have prostitutes, police said Tuesday as they announced a
crackdown on the French Quarter's illicit sex trade.
"We have prostitutes that came
in from all over the country," said police superintendent
Warren Riley.
Working with a grant, police
talked to residents and business owners in the Central Business
District, French Quarter and Faubourg Marigny —
the neighborhood adjoining the Quarter —
and complaints of increases in prostitution were the first thing
they heard, Capt. Kevin Anderson, commander of the district said
Tuesday.
"Everyone talked about the
increase in prostitution, street hustlers, panhandlers,"
Anderson said. "We keep telling people to visit us, telling
conventions to come to town, so we need to have the streets look
cleaner and safer."
Police arrested 53 women on
prostitution charges during a recent two-week crackdown,
Anderson said. He said prostitutes from Milwaukee, Minneapolis,
Detroit and Las Vegas have been found working the New Orleans
streets.
"We're going to stay at
it," he said.
Original link:
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