While arrests have been made by law enforcers, Police Sgt. Vicente H. Sablan, Neighborhood Watch Task Force chair, said they are concerned about the prosecution of women promoting prostitution.
Sablan, who oversees the police operation at Garapan areas since 2005, hopes the judicial branch will punish those caught to gradually lessen prostitution activities here.
“From what we know, two convictions for misdemeanor can constitute deportation,” he said.
“This will eliminate or deter the prostitution along the highway of Garapan in DFS and ABC store.”
Last week, police arrested a 45-yeal-old female on suspicion of promoting prostitution in Garapan.
In the investigation, police learned that the woman, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, offered three Caucasian males a “special massage” for $60.00.
Sablan said most suspected prostitutes are displaced garment workers who were unable to find work after the demise of the garment industry.
“More of them are freelance, merely work on their own to survive the meal for the day,” he said.
Based on their information, some of those women promoting prostitution are desperate in looking for a new employment, and some are still processing for their transfer of work authority by the Labor Office.
While they don’t have a timetable set to completely eradicate prostitution activities in Garapan, Sablan said they are hopeful for the quick deportation by labor and immigration offices against those suspected prostitutes.
Sablan is encouraging the community to report to police any sightings of suspicious women soliciting money in exchange for sex.
