Call for phone companies to help stop prostitution

Thursday, 27 August 2009

DEPUTY Mayor for Policing, Kit Malthouse, has called on all major mobile phone operators to work with the Mayor’s office, the police and voluntary groups to help crack down on prostitution and human trafficking ahead of the London 2012 Games.

Criminal gangs who control prostitution in the capital often advertise their services on cards with mobile phone numbers, placed in phone boxes across central London.

The Mayor wants to see an agreement reached between mobile phone operators and the police that would see these numbers taken out of use as soon as they are identified, cutting off a key source of income for these gangs.

Major sporting events are often linked to an upsurge in demand for prostitution, which fuels human trafficking.

At the Athens Olympics, the number of known victims almost doubled.

Mr Malthouse said: “Nothing is more important to a pimp or trafficker than money. They don’t give a damn about the women and girls they abuse, they only care about the cash in their pocket.

“In 2012, we want to be proud of our city as a glittering example to the world. But we need mobile phone operators to show their commitment to fighting the abuse of women.

“We want companies to make it difficult for the pimps and traffickers who advertise their mobile numbers on these cards to do business by barring them.”

Email: waltham@yellowad.co.uk

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