http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Prositution IrishCentral Prositution en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/danny_boy/irish-police-pose-as-prostitutes----unprecedented-garda-sting-operation-nets-27-convictions-as-police-promise-further-crackdown-135327078.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/danny_boy/irish-police-pose-as-prostitutes----unprecedented-garda-sting-operation-nets-27-convictions-as-police-promise-further-crackdown-135327078.html Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:30:18 PST
Female Irish detectives posed as prostitutes in an unprecedented sting operation that saw a total of 21 man convicted of soliciting 'ladies of the night'The US-style operation, one of the first on this scale for the Gardaí, took place over almost a month in Limerick city centre and its environs, ultimately bagging the cops a total of 21 convictions before Limerick District Court, all of whom were directed to make a donation to a local charity by the judgeThe men, most of whom were living locally, also had their names and addresses published in an embarrassing 'name and shame' sequitur to the report carried by a local Limerick newspaperMany of the men were in their sixties, although the youngest caught was only 23 READ MORE ]]>