"Our inquiries led us to the wallet, which contained no cash. It had been left at a park in Otara. At this stage the prostitute has not been identified and the two tourists have left the country."
Otara-Papatoetoe local board chairman John McCracken said the incident served as a warning for clients of the corner.
"Clients are being robbed by street workers on regular occasions. I know a man who lives on Sutton Crescent who is constantly having empty wallets discarded in his garden. He has about six of them.
"The clients often don't report these crimes because of the stigma involved, but it happens very regularly."
He was a supporter of a bill which was introduced last year to restrict where street-based sex workers could solicit.
Manurewa MP George Hawkins introduced the Manukau Council (Regulation of Prostitution in Specified Places) Bill to Parliament in September last year to enable the council to ban street prostitution from certain areas of South Auckland.
Anyone found soliciting or receiving commercial sexual services in no-go zones would face a fine of $2000.
After the Auckland councillors voted to support the bill, it was broadened to include all of Auckland. If passed by Parliament it would have a nationwide impact.
The Local Government and Environment select committee was due to report back on the bill last month.
However, with the approaching election, it has been put on hold until the new Government is formed.
