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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.

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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.

Reuters

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.

Los Angeles Times

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Belgian police bust Europe's biggest Chinese prostitution ring

Belgium has charged nine people with human trafficking and money laundering for their alleged roles in a gang suspected of bringing women from China to be sex workers in Europe.

Radio France Internationale

Madame who ran ‘premier Dungeon of Chicago’ pleads guilty to conspiracy

When she was first charged in summer 2019, Jessica Nesbitt’s attorneys insisted she ran a legal business and paid her taxes. But Wednesday, she admitted arranging for prostitution appointments and charging rates of $300 to $1,000 per hour “depending upon the services.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Ukraine security forces smash prostitution ring run by migration officials

Ukraine's SBU security service said on Wednesday it had broken up a prostitution ring run by immigration officials, part of a drive to crush corrupt practices and meet Western standards on eliminating graft.

Reuters

Iran: Dancing Couple Given 10-year Jail Sentence

An Iranian couple in their 20s have been given jail sentences totaling 10 years after posting a video of themselves dancing on a Tehran street, the BBC reported. They were reportedly convicted for promoting corruption, prostitution and propaganda. The video showed them dancing by Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Tower, BBC said.…

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Blogger couple jailed for ten years for innocently dancing in the street

Astiyazh Haghighi and Amir Mohammad Ahmadi were each sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison, for "corruption on earth and incitement to prostitution" following dancing in Freedom Square, Tehran

Daily Mirror

Labour: Young people being trafficked ‘into cannabis farms or prostitution’

Labour has accused the Government of failing some 200 young asylum-seekers who are missing from Home Office hotels.

The Independent UK

Youth pastor, teacher among 46 arrested in North Texas prostitution sting

A youth pastor. A high school teacher and football coach. And an operations director of a large hospital network.

Tribune News Service

Jury rejects sex worker's claims against 4 police officers

A jury has rejected a sex worker’s allegations that a former police chief in Virginia and three other officers protected a prostitution ring that she said trafficked her

The Independent UK

Ex-convict who abused his daughter's college roommates gets 60 years in prison

An ex-convict who obtained millions of dollars by subjecting his daughter's ex-roommates at Sarah Lawrence College to forced labor and prostitution was sentenced Friday to 60 years in prison.

WEKU

Sarah Lawrence sex cult leader Lawrence Ray sentenced to 60 years in prison

NEW YORK — Convicted sex cult leader Lawrence Ray was sentenced to 60 years in prison in Manhattan federal court Friday for terrorizing Sarah Lawrence college students and forcing them into prostitution.

Tribune News Service

Ex-convict who abused college women gets 60 years in prison

An ex-convict who obtained millions of dollars by subjecting his daughter's ex-college roommates to forced labor and prostitution has been sentenced to 60 years in prison

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Appeals Court Panel Seems Skeptical That FOSTA Doesn't Violate the First Amendment

The 2018 law criminalizes websites that "promote or facilitate" prostitution. Two of three judges on the panel pushed back against government claims that this doesn't criminalize speech.

The Independent UK

Prosecutors seek life term for man who abused college women

Prosecutors are seeking a life prison term for an ex-convict who extorted and forced into labor or prostitution some women he met at his daughter's on-campus housing at Sarah Lawrence College

The Independent UK

Woman accusing 4 ex-cops of aiding sex trafficking testifies

A federal jury has heard testimony from a woman whose civil lawsuit accuses a former police chief in Virginia and three other officers of protecting a sex-trafficking ring they had used as clients

The Independent UK

Couple enslaved pregnant woman then forced her to give up newborn baby

A court heard that Julia Rafaelova, 51, persuaded the victim to travel to the UK from Slovakia in October 2013, having fallen pregnant during forced prostitution controlled by her

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The Independent UK

Jury hears case alleging 4 cops enabled prostitution ring

A woman who says she was lured from Costa Rica into a Virginia-based sex-trafficking ring says that a former police chief and three other officers were clients of the enterprise and allowed it to operate

Los Angeles Times

Lockdowns, shootings, prostitution. How a school fought a 'crime magnet' motel and won

LOS ANGELES — The September 2021 shooting at the "crime magnet" motel flanked by two schools crystallized the urgent mission at hand for the campus community.

Dynamite News

Hyderabad: 14k Rescued In Prostitution-Racket Bust, 17 Accused Arrested

Hyderabad Police have busted a notorious organized gang of prostitution racket and rescued 14,190 women including foreigners from across the country. Read on for details:

Irish Mirror

Gardai probe ‘pimp’ suspected of controlling sex workers' earnings in investigation spanning 11 counties

Last Thursday and Friday, gardai carried out intelligence led searches in 11 counties. During the course of the operation, 46 people were identified as having allegedly purchased sexual services from an individual involved in prostitution.

The Guardian - UK

Woman groomed and abused in care gets apology after 30 years

Leeds city council letter accepting responsibility believed to be the first of its kind

The Guardian - UK

Rome police hunt for possible serial killer after three women found dead

Bodies of three sex workers found stabbed to death in two apartments in upmarket district of Prati

Reuters

Former Italian PM Berlusconi acquitted in bribery case

An Italian court on Thursday acquitted former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of bribing a witness in a 2013 underage prostitution case, giving a boost to the veteran politician weeks after his return to parliament.

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