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Nineteen women from Morocco were arrested and investigated by the Bogor Immigration Office yesterday. The women admitted that they were sex workers in Puncak, Bogor, and that they usually served foreign tourists, particularly from the Middle East.

“They refused to serve local men,” said Dimas Adhy Utomo of the Bogor Immigration office, as quoted by Tempo.co on Thursday.

But before you Indonesian men get offended, the sex workers claimed they refused to serve locals because they did not want to blow their covers.

“They thought that if they served a local man, that person could be an undercover police officer,” Dimas said.

Moroccan sex workers arrested in Puncak

In the end, it was the charm of Indonesian men that proved to be the Moroccan sex workers’ downfall. Undercover officers managed to initially arrest two Moroccan sex workers, which led to the capture of 17 others. Authorities suspect there are still many illegal foreign sex workers on the loose in Puncak.



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