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Brothel owner earned thousands running 'significant operation' in town

Guoyan Ma was found guilty of five charges of controlling prostitution for gain involving women aged between 35 and 49

Manchester Evening News

Life 'like hell' in Nottingham area where children would wake up to 'sex noises' before brothel shut

The community speak out over the drug use, prostitution and serious antisocial behaviour in their area

Nottingham Post

Nottingham drug den house described as a 'magnet' for criminality shut down

There have been problems with drug use, prostitution and serious antisocial behaviour

Nottingham Post

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Jalna Hanmer obituary

Feminist scholar who campaigned against male violence and was determined to improve the police’s approach to domestic abuse

The Guardian - UK

CCB busts prostitution racket, rescues 26 women

Officials on the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Thursday busted an inter-state prostitution racket, and arrested nine people operating the ring, and rescued 26 women from them.

The Hindu

Prosecutors Say Backpage Defendants Shouldn't Be Allowed To Reference the 1st Amendment

Prosecutors also want a judge to take basically all possible defenses off the table.

Reason

Maine's Legislature Passes Bill To Partially Decriminalize Prostitution

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Iran says it executes leader of women trafficking network

Iran’s judiciary said on Saturday that it had executed the head of a network that trafficked Iranian women to neighbouring countries for prostitution.

Reuters

Prostitution gang brought down after 'controlled' women found working in brothels

Police say the women were "treated as nothing more than a commodity"

Liverpool Echo

Thai conservatives vow to legalise sex toys in bid to shake up election

Freedom to use devices could curb prostitution, divorce and sex-related crimes, says Democrat party politician

The Guardian - UK

Woman arrested as part of probe into organised prostitution and money laundering

The woman is currently being detained at a Garda station in Dublin

Irish Mirror

Woman arrested in Dublin in connection with prostitution and money laundering gang

Investigations into the Eastern European gang continue with a number of searches also taking place

Dublin Live

Takeaways from AP report on impact of Senegal's gas project

For years, residents of the small fishing town of Saint-Louis in Senegal have been struggling

The Independent UK

Senegal gas deal drives locals to desperation, prostitution

When the gas rig arrived off the coast of Saint-Louis, residents of the seaside Senegalese town found reason to hope

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Reason

5 Years After the Backpage Shutdown, Sex Workers—and Free Speech—Are Still Suffering

As former Backpage execs await their August trial, the shutdown is still worsening the lives it was supposed to improve.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago firefighter charged with running prostitution business from his apartment

Brendan A. Kennedy-Gasior, 37, faces a felony count of promoting prostitution and was released from custody after posting $500 bond in the case.

Reason

States Try to Reform Prostitution Laws—for Better and Worse

New bills in six states showcase some right and wrong ways to help sex workers, from full decriminalization to ramping up penalties for prostitution customers.

Bangkok Post

Phuket bar raided for alleged underage prostitution

Officials raided a bar on Bangla Walking Street in Phuket on Wednesday night, arresting two women for allegedly providing girls for visitors and rescuing six girls from the business.

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Rape Rates Go Down as Countries Legalize Prostitution, Rise With Sex Work Prohibition

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Reuters

Nigerian woman who ran prostitution ring extradited to Italy

A Nigerian woman who has been wanted in Italy since 2010 has been flown from Abuja back to Rome where she has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for crimes including running a prostitution ring, Italian police said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Woman gets 4+ years in jail for harming college schoolmates

A New York woman who admitted her role in an ex-convict’s decade-long plot to extort and sexually manipulate schoolmates of his daughter at Sarah Lawrence College has been sentenced to over four years in prison

Reuters

Factbox-Berlusconi's many court battles, one sole conviction

An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi over allegations of bribing witnesses in an underage prostitution case.

Reuters

Former Italy PM Berlusconi acquitted in Bunga Bunga bribery case

An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi over allegations of bribing witnesses in a 2013 underage prostitution case.

Reuters

Italy's Berlusconi wins another legal battle in Bunga Bunga bribe case

An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted Silvio Berlusconi over allegations of paying witnesses to lie in an underage prostitution case that has dogged the former prime minister for more than a decade.

Los Angeles Times

Could a red-light district for sex work happen in San Francisco?

As San Francisco prepares to block vehicle traffic from a stretch of the Mission District this month in an attempt to stifle street prostitution, the idea of creating a designated district for sex work is gaining traction among some advocates and officials.

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