Accused for prostitution, Tirana police has arrested two foreign citizens

Two citizens, Russian and Ukrainian, have been arrested in Tirana. These two citizens were caught red-handed on “Naim Frasheri” 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 and then transferred these sums of money to the organizers of this page.

Following the actions, criminal proceedings were initiated against 11 foreign citizens for practicing prostitution./abcnews.al

 

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