Nine local governments in Sydney agglomeration pay private investigators for intimate contacts with women of light conduct, in order to obtain evidence to close illegal brothels – Australian newspaper reported on Sunday “The Sunday Telegraph”. Nine local councils, the so-called. Great Sydney was handed over to private investigators in three years combined 25 thousand. Australian dollars, for which they were supposed to get “direct evidence” unlawful activity of some brothels.
Kuringgai Mayor Nick Ebbeck said, that radical measures are necessary in this case. – We have to hire private detectives, that they had relations with prostitutes and brought reports, reliable enough to win a lawsuit – he explained.
Detectives provide detailed descriptions of transactions, and sometimes they also manage to make films showing the entire procedure. Evidence collected in this direct way has proven effective in many cases. This month alone, they have resulted in the closure of two brothels.
There are legal brothels in Sydney, however, there are many unlicensed sex houses alongside them. The councilors are complaining, that the burden of proof is on them, and the courts sometimes require very strong evidence of their illegal activity in order to close the clandestine brothels.
