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"20 Prostitution Charges Laid" The Advertiser, 6 April 2006
SEVEN people have been arrested on 20 charges of organising an illegal prostitution racket, as part of a three-month police investigation across regional Queensland.
Queensland Police launched Operation Tiptoe in January this year, in a crackdown on illegal prostitution via advertisements in regional newspapers.
The investigation resulted in the arrests of seven people on 20 charges yesterday, police said.
It focused on the Sunshine Coast, Hervey Bay, Bundaberg, Maryborough and Gladstone in the south-east as well as Rockhampton in central Queensland.
Among those arrested was a 48-year-old man from Bundaberg whom police allege was the principal organiser of the racket.
He will appear in Bundaberg Magistrates Court today, charged with eight counts of knowingly participating in the provision of prostitution and one count of possessing tainted property.
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