"Beat & Release": Alphabet Soup of Suspects Nabbed in Catalog Prostitution Ring, in Bursa

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 5 June 2023)

In Bursa, police determined that a gang was luring young girls to luxury

nightclubs, introducing them to that lifestyle and promising them high-

income jobs. However (!), with the photographs taken of the girls the 

gang prepared a catalog for "customers" and forced the girls into 

prostitution. 

On Friday, 2 June, the police launched "Operation Catalog" and took

17 suspects into custody.  22 "catalog girls" were rescued, four of them 

foreigners.  When talking on the telephone the gang members tried to

avoid being caught by police by telling the girls to go to a customer's

address in a secretive manner, sending the message "there's a location.

We'll go to that location".  

Interrogation of suspects C.S. (33), H.G. (34), C.K. (33), E.Y. (33),

T.A. (49), Y.G. (20), B.Y. (28), B.G. (27), İ.A. (40), A.T. (26), İ.I. (46),

İ.H.U. (39), M.K. (23), U.B. (38), R.K. (22), S.A. (29) and G.D. (49)

is continuing.