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The Latest Breaking News from Prostitution

Thanks to the hit biopic Gangubai Kathiawadi on Netflix, the plight of Thai sex workers and their needs for legal protection are back in the spotlight.

Bangkok Post

Woman who ran brothel breaks down before judge passes sentence

Guoyan Ma was found guilty earlier this year of controlling prostitution for gain

Liverpool Echo

The tide is finally turning in Italy in favour of protecting women in the sex trade

A bill to legalise sex work, and criminalise the buying of it, follows the successful Nordic model, says journalist and activist Julie Bindel

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A Broader Perspective on "My Body, My Choice"

The principle has implications that go far beyond abortion. Some of them deserve far more attention than they have gotten to this point.

Reason

California eyes banning loitering for prostitution arrests

California lawmakers are finally sending Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would bar police from making arrests on a charge of loitering for prostitution, nine months after it passed the Legislature

The Independent UK

'Let's stop treating prostitutes as criminals' - Bristolian's overwhelming support for the city's sex workers

Our readers had some fruity words for the methods of local law enforcement

Bristol Post

Prostitution in Eastville 'continues to be an issue' say police

Police say tackling the crime 'will require long-term work'

Bristol Post

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Lovers jailed over £250,000 sex slave ring they thought was ‘brilliant’

Romanian victims were told to ‘look sexy’ in semi-nude application photos

The Independent UK

'I saw a woman shooting heroin with child in pram on city centre alley', says Councillor

Forced prostitution, open crack cocaine and heroin use and intimidation are all issues associated with the back street

Dublin Live

Woman arrested for luring young women into forced prostitution in UAE

A 47-year-old woman has been arrested in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district for allegedly duping young women into forced prostitution in the United Arab Emirates.

Bangkok Post

Spanish lawmakers vote on whether to draw up laws to abolish prostitution

The Spanish parliament will vote on Tuesday whether to draw up legislation to abolish prostitution, cracking down further on pimping and introducing tougher penalties for men buying sex in a controversial initiative that has split the women's rights movement.

Reuters

West Lothian vice queen jailed in New York launches bid to return home to Scotland

Dubbed the “Millionaire Madam” and “Soccer Mom Madam”, Anna Gristina, 54, ran her operation from New York’s exclusive Upper East Side while leading another life as a married mum.

Edinburgh Live

New York vice queen Anna Gristina makes emotional bid to return home to Scotland to see her dying mum

She was dubbed the “Millionaire Madam” and “Soccer Mom Madam” but is now asking the FBI to approve her passport.

Daily Record

Feds want nearly 34 years for producer who pleaded guilty to trafficking young Indian actresses in Chicago

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors are asking for up to 34 years in prison for a former Indian movie producer who pleaded guilty to running a Chicago-based sex-trafficking ring that lured unsuspecting young actresses from their home country to the U.S., where authorities said they were forced into prostitution, physically abused…

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Reuters

Italy prosecutors seek 6-year jail term for Berlusconi in bribery case

Milan prosecutors on Wednesday requested former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi be jailed for six years for allegedly bribing witnesses in a 2013 underage prostitution case.

Manchester Evening News

'People will turn to moneylenders, crime or prostitution': Residents' outrage at rent rise at tower block

"This just isn’t the right time to burden the residents with rent rises when they are suffering a poor quality of life."

Bangkok Post

The mafia queen

A 14-year-old girl is tricked into prostitution in Mumbai in the late 1950s. Despite being imprisoned, chained and subjected to torture, she keeps resisting and refuses to sell her body, causing trouble and headaches for the brothel pimps. The matter soon reaches the ears of Gangubai (Alia Bhatt), the mafia…

The Independent UK

‘Sex for rent’: Man who told tenants to wear bikinis and asked for ‘a girl in need’ is first to be jailed

Court hears how Christopher Cox ‘targeted vulnerable young women’ who were in need of a roof over their head – including one woman who was homeless, ‘unwell and desperate’

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Evening Standard

Landlord, 53, jailed in first ‘sex for rent’ case in UK

Christopher Cox posted adverts on Craigslist looking for women to stay with him at his home in Cranleigh, Surrey.

Manchester Evening News

First landlord in UK jailed for 'sex for rent' offences

The 53-year-old landlord ironically turned to sofa-surfing after being outed for his sexual 'arrangements'

Bangkok Post

Well-known politician's son faces underage sex rap

The son of a well-known politician in Surat Thani turned himself in on Monday following allegations that he was involved in a recently uncovered child prostitution ring in Surat Thani.

Bangkok Post

Youth dept chief tied to sex trafficking ring

Police have charged a deputy director-general of the Department of Children and Youth (DCY) for interfering in the investigation into a child prostitution ring in Surat Thani.

Bangkok Post

Dept fails noble task

The scandal which followed Wednesday's crackdown on an underage prostitution ring in Surat Thani brought unwanted attention to the relatively quiet Ministry of Social Development and Human Security.

The Times of India

UP: 3 women held for forcing 16-year-old into prostitution

BAREILLY: Police in Shahjahanpur arrested three women for allegedly confining a 16-year-old girl and forcing her into prostitution for a year at Powayan in Shahjahanpur district.

Bangkok Post

300 Thai women forced into prostitution in Myanmar: escapee

About 300 Thai women have been forced into prostitution at a casino near the Thai-Myanmar border adjacent to Tak province, according to a 25-year-old woman who managed to escape.

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