The nine garage-style
structures, located in Sihlquai, a former industrial zone in the city,
are equipped with alarm buttons and guarded by security personnel to
ensure the safety of the prostitutes. Customers are not allowed to leave
the area with the sex workers.
"Prostitution has
escalated in the city," said Michael Herzig, from the Zurich social
services department. "It was done out in the open on the street and men
harassed passers-by.
"It was noisy and dirty
because men took the prostitutes to a side street and left used condoms
on the streets. The drive-ins are more discreet and safer."
Herzig leads the project, which has cost 2.4 million Swiss francs ($2.6 million) to set up
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