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The Latest Breaking News from Prostitution

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

The Guardian - US

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

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

The Canberra Times

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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…

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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

The Independent UK

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…

France 24

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

The Independent UK

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

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

WhatToWatch

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

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

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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...

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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

Reason

Court Says Prostitution Law Doesn't Violate First Amendment but Language Should Be Interpreted Narrowly

Plus: Democrats dismiss nonwhite moderates, Schumer wants investigation into energy drink, GOP prosecutors threaten Target over Pride merchandise, and more...

Reason

Drug Busts Are Linked to More Overdoses and Deaths

Plus: Government appeals social media order, Amsterdam attempts to move prostitution out of red-light district, and more...

Nottingham Post

New measures at Nottingham's Forest Rec after anti-social behaviour, drinking and prostitution issues

Officers have introduced a number of initiatives at the spot

Manchester Evening News

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

Nottingham Post

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

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