High heels clatter down a pavement crowded with bare legs, stockings and miniskirts as a police car approaches. The vehicle pulls up and two young officers sidle out. After briefly questioning a couple of scantily clad girls hovering near a petrol station and some shady-looking male bystanders, they're back in the car and off down Kyiv's main route out of town, the eight-lane highway known as "Victory Avenue". A tall blonde in skin-tight jeans beckons to a white van cruising behind them. Business continues as usual.
Newsweek: Thanks to the police force, Kyiv’s sex trade is booming
For years Ukraine's police force has profited handsomely from the country's multi-million dollar sex industry, demanding both payment in cash and payment in kind.
