Rome gives green light to red light zone
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AUTHORITIES in Rome have approved plans for a red light zone where prostitution will be officially tolerated from April, officials said yesterday as a row over the initiative erupted.
Ignazio Marino, the Italian capital’s center-left mayor, gave his blessing on Friday evening to the experiment in the Eur business district.
The council there has proposed allowing prostitution in a non-residential area with the aim of reducing the impact of a trade currently conducted on more than 20 streets in the district.
Police will be ordered to impose fines of up to 500 euros (US$565) on prostitutes caught working outside of the permitted area. If the experiment is successful, the council wants to establish up to three separate red light zones in the district.
Local resident Cristina Lattanzi campaigned for the change, describing the current situation as an unsustainable “nightmare.”
“Eur is already the city’s red light district with more than 20 streets under siege day and night,” she told La Repubblica.
Objections to the initiative have been raised by the center-right opposition on Rome’s council, Church figures and even some within mayor Marino’s Democratic Party (PD).
“I hope it is just a bizarre idea dreamed up to draw attention to the problem,” said PD councillor Gianluca Santilli.
Italy has an estimated 70,000-100,000 prostitutes.
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