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The Latest Breaking News from Prostitution

Maine's Bad Prostitution Law Could Be Coming Soon to Your State

Beware the “Equality Model” of sex work law reform in 2024.

Reason

Mumbai police rescues abducted 17-year-old girl from West Bengal, arrests two persons

The Mumbai police arrested two individuals for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old minor girl and forcing her into prostitution in West Bengal. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Charges sought against 28 high-profile customers at ‘sophisticated brothels’

Customers allegedly included elected officials, pharmaceutical executives, doctors, military officers and government contractors with security clearances

The Independent UK

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Delhi: Minor girl abducted, forced into prostitution; 3 held

Delhi police have arrested three persons for allegedly forcing a 14-year-old girl into prostitution. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

‘It’s scary’: Malawian women forced to sell sex after cyclone destroys crops

In devastating land and livelihoods, Cyclone Freddy pushed more women and girls into prostitution to feed their families

The Guardian - UK

Backpage: The Monumental Free Speech Case the Media Ignored

The mere act of publishing sex ads online is enough to send most potential free speech allies scurrying for the exits.

Reason

Ex-owners of sex work site Backpage convicted of prostitution scheme

Michael Lacey, Scott Spear and John Brunst, all men in their 70s, created complicated system to try to outwit US government

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Child prostitution 'instigator' knew 'unsure' victim was 14yo

'She was unsure and he just offered her more money.'

The Canberra Times

Jurors hear opposite views of whether Backpage founder knew the site was running sex ads

Jurors at the criminal trial of a founder of the classified site Backpage

The Independent UK

Sheriff’s office makes progress in human trafficking, prostitution cases, will target websites

More advanced tactics needed to combat internet-assisted trafficking, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said.

Chicago Sun-Times

10 persons arrested in connection with rape of two minor girls in Chikkamagaluru

When the police recorded the statements of the girls, they learnt that the girls were forced into prostitution. The police registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act).

The Hindu

The abaya ban in French schools

In this edition, the contentious issue of how some Muslim women and girls dress captures the headlines here in France with once again, the spotlight being on clothing in schools. Also the missing women of Peru where thousands disappear yearly primarily due to human trafficking, prostitution and gender violence. Plus…

France 24

European court agrees to hear appeal against French anti-prostitution law

Sex workers will be able to argue their case against a French law that penalises clients paying for sex before the European Court of Human Rights, which has agreed to hear their appeal.

Radio France Internationale

Opening statements begin in website founder's 2nd trial over ads promoting prostitution

Federal prosecutors in Phoenix say a founder of the classified ad site Backpage

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France 24

Peru's lost daughters: Families of missing women fight for justice

In Peru, 60 percent of people who disappear are women. Over 11,000 women were reported missing in the country last year, the majority of them teenagers. Some disappearances are voluntary. But most are linked to human trafficking networks, prostitution and domestic violence. Despite this poor record, Peru was the first…

The Independent UK

Backpage founder faces trial over what prosecutors say was a scheme to sell ads for sex

A founder of Backpage faces second trial over what prosecutors say was a scheme to sell ads for sex

The Independent UK

Backpage founder faces 2nd trial over what prosecutors say was a scheme to sell ads for sex

A founder of Backpage

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Hollyoaks spoilers: NEW LOW! Donna-Marie Quinn returns to prostitution?

Airs Tuesday 15 August 2023 on Channel 4 at 6.30pm.

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The Independent UK

Co-founder’s suicide delays prostitution trial of Backpage executives

Previous trial of executives at now-closed website ended in mistrial

The Independent UK

Six held in Romania and London as part of human trafficking investigation

The Metropolitan Police believe an organised crime network is using male recruiters to traffic women and force them into prostitution.

The Independent UK

Another harrowing escape puts attention on open prostitution market along Seattle's Aurora Avenue

The kidnapping of a woman who authorities say escaped her abductor by punching her way out of a cinder block cell in Oregon has focused attention on the area where authorities say she was taken: Aurora Avenue in Seattle, an urban stretch of state highway lined with box stores and…

The Guardian - US

‘The police see us as disposable’: what life’s really like in New York’s maligned ‘red light district’

As rightwing media and the mayor target a Queens neighborhood, sex workers say they’re just trying to survive

Reason

Is Trump's Latest Indictment About Defending Democracy or Attacking Free Speech?

Plus: More "manifesting prostitution" nonsense, U.S. loses top-tier credit rating, and more...

Reason

Dallas Law Against 'Manifesting' Prostitution Declared Unconstitutional

Plus: The right to call neighbor a "red-headed bitch," the case against a Digital Consumer Protection Commission, and more...

Evening Standard

Home Office minister says paying for sex should be outlawed to stop trafficking of women into prostitution

The minister’s comments came during a hearing on human trafficking in which she was pressed on the lack of prosecutions of men having sex with trafficked women

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