Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Prostitution

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

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

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

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

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…

Chicago Tribune

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.

Reuters

'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."

Manchester Evening News

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…

Bangkok Post

‘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’

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

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.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

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.

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.

1 … 9 10 11 12

People

Sanjay Leela Bhansali

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Northamptonshire Police

Royal Thai Police Office

11 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.