Suspect being questioned by police. Taipei Police Department photo Suspect being questioned by police. Taipei Police Department photo. As the Taipei Police Department has found that some foreign women from Southeast Asia and China visiting Taiwan under the guise of "sightseeing" are actually engaging in the sex trade, officers have been carrying out raids in Taipei's oldest red-light district -- Wanhua.
Chang said that comprehensive sweeps have been focused on Kangding Road near the Wanhua railway station, most recently on Saturday morning April Police raid in Wanhua District. According to statistics from the Wanhua Police Department, 22 women, including 10 Chinese and five Vietnamese, were arrested on charges of engaging in prostitution. A few days ago, six people, including a pimp, a customer, and four sex workers were arrested in a raid on a rented apartment on Kunming Street.
Among those arrested included four Thai women who had listed their reason for traveling to Taiwan as "sightseeing. In March, police raided a "call station" in a hotel in Hankou Street and arrested a total of 28 people, including a pimp, customers, and sex workers.
Of those arrested, 18 were from Thailand and had arrived in Taiwan on tourist visas. Officer questions a suspect. Police said that they will continue to implement the "anti-prostitution project" to strengthen the ban on private prostitution, call stations, and online solicitation. Stay logged in Forget password? Home Society. Last legal brothel in Yilan, Taiwan closes doors. Taiwanese photographer indicted for organizing 'artistic' person orgy.
