Two pimps, a Russian and a Ukrainian, have been arrested in Tirana, after being accused of using foreign girls for prostitution.
The police say that these two citizens advertised the girls on the page " Escort Tirana " and then transferred the sums of money benefited from this illegal activity to the organizers of this page.
One of the arrested is the citizen from Ukraine Anna Tkachenko, 27 years old, while the other is from Russia, Elena Maslova .
"These two citizens were caught red-handed on "Naim Frashëri" street, taking sums of money from foreign citizens, which they allegedly used for prostitution," the police announcement states.
Following the actions, criminal proceedings were initiated against 11 foreign citizens for practicing prostitution.
Notification:
The police operation coded "Escort" is finalized by the Section for the Investigation of Illegal Traffic in the DVP Tirana, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction Tirana, after an investigation carried out with special methods.
A Russian citizen and a Ukrainian citizen were arrested in the act, who used for prostitution, foreign citizens advertised on the page "Escort Tirana", and then transferred the sums of money benefited from this illegal activity to the organizers of this page.
11 citizens are being prosecuted for prostitution.
Sums of money, suspected to have benefited from this illegal activity, are seized.
Specialists of the Section for the Investigation of Illegal Traffic, under the direction of the Prosecutor's Office at the Court of First Instance of the General Jurisdiction of Tirana, following successive operations to crack down on illegalities in the field of practicing and exploiting prostitution, have registered a criminal proceeding. of 2023 and have organized and finalized the coded police operation "Escort".
As part of this operation, the Ukrainian citizen AT, 27 years old, and the Russian citizen EM, 37 years old, both residents of Tirana, were arrested in the act for the criminal offenses of "Prostitution", "Exploiting prostitution" and "Maintaining premises for prostitution". .
These two citizens were caught red-handed on "Naim Frashëri" street, taking sums of money from foreign citizens, which they allegedly used for prostitution.
During the verifications carried out, it was found that these citizens collected the sums of money obtained from foreign citizens who were suspected of using them for prostitution, which were advertised on the page "Escort Tirana", and then transferred these sums of money to the organizers of this page. still unidentified citizens.
Following the actions, criminal proceedings were initiated against 11 foreign citizens for practicing prostitution.
Earlier, during the investigations carried out in the framework of this criminal proceeding, the coded police operation "Foreing" was finalized.
The materials were passed to the Prosecutor's Office.