In Şanlıurfa’s Siverek district, an investigation was launched after a 16-year-old girl went to police and said she had been forced into prostitution and threatened.
It was stated that the child named some individuals in her statement and identified some of the suspects. Police teams then carried out operations at designated addresses on the instructions of the Siverek Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office.
In raids conducted in line with a search and seizure order obtained from the on-duty Criminal Judgeship of Peace, 15 suspects accused of forcing women and underage children into prostitution were detained.
It was learned that the suspects’ procedures at the police department are continuing, that the investigation could be expanded and that the number of detainees could rise.
News Source: 12punto
