CHON BURI - Thirty-nine women from Madagascar and Uganda were rounded up for allegedly providing sex services in Pattaya beach town in the early hours of Friday.
A combined team of Pattaya police and volunteers raided popular Walking Street nightspots in South Pattaya area, tambon Nong Prue at around 3am. The team managed to arrest 39 foreign women suspected of providing sex services to tourists. The women were from Madagascar and Uganda, said police.
They were later taken to Pattaya police station to have their profiles checked and recorded. Their passports were being examined. The raid was part of a drastic crackdown operation on prostitution in this tourist city.
Before the raid, police had closely monitored the activities of those foreign women. They alleged the women entered the country under the guise of tourists and had offered sex services to tourists at Walking Street nightspots.
These women are among thirty-nine nationals from Madagascar and Uganda rounded up during a raid on prostitution in Pattaya, Chon Buri. (Photo by Chaiyot Pupattanapong)