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Police arrest 17 in brothel crackdown in Athens

Police arrest 17 in brothel crackdown in Athens

A crackdown on seven brothels in the Athens neighborhoods of Kallithea and Nea Smyrni Thursday led to 17 people facing a prosecutor for soliciting, 16 women and one man.

Of the 16 women arrested, 11 are foreign nationals, according to police who confiscated cash, five surveillance cameras and one recording device in the sweep.

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