Uzbek women intercepted en route to Turkey for prostitution

Two women traveling to Turkey for the purpose of prostitution were detained at Samarkand International Airport, the Tashkent Regional Department of Internal Affairs reported.

According to the report, the operation was carried out as part of anti-human trafficking efforts. During the operation, two women aged 22 and 36, residents of Tashkent region, were stopped at Samarkand International Airport while attempting to leave for Turkey for sexual exploitation and prostitution.

Authorities determined that their airline tickets and other travel expenses had been paid for by an Uzbek woman born in 1984 who is currently in Turkey.

A criminal case has been opened against the suspect under Article 135 of the Criminal Code (human trafficking).

Earlier, police in Ayvalik district of Turkey’s Balıkesir province conducted an operation in which three suspects were arrested for forcing women into prostitution and acting as intermediaries, while three foreign women engaged in prostitution were rescued.

Javohir Alikulov