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Article: U.N. police officers quit over brothel raid
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 30, 2000
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U.N. police officers quit over brothel raid
From Journal Sentinel wire reports
Thursday, November 30, 2000
United Nations -- Six United Nations police officers serving in
Bosnia have resigned under pressure after being threatened with
disciplinary action for conducting an unauthorized raid of three
brothels in a Serbian section of northern Bosnia, U.N. officials said
Wednesday.
A U.N. spokesman credited the officers with having "liberated 33
women, many of whom had been forced into prostitution, some as young
as 14" during a Nov. 13 crackdown on nightclubs in the town of
Prijedor.
But the spokesman also said the officers had "exceeded their
authority" by conducting the operation without the ...