Sex available in London brothels for as little as 15 pounds
A new study has found that it is not difficult at all to find brothels in London, with the price to purchase sex being extremely low.
From BBC News:
Brothels in the city offer sex for as little as £15, and some are charging £10 extra for unprotected intercourse, the Poppy Project in Southwark found.
Its report said [...]
Women trafficked into prostitution in Singapore
A report by the AFP highlights how women are promised jobs in Singapore but end up forcing to work as prostitutes.
From AFP (via Google News):
Promised jobs as “entertainers” in pubs and restaurants, many instead find themselves virtually indentured as prostitutes, working to pay back the cost of getting here.
Women interviewed by AFP said they were [...]
Booker of Spitzer’s prostitutes pleads guilty; Spitzer still free
The booking agent of Former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer has pleaded guilty to running a prostitution ring.
From Reuters:
A booking agent for a prostitution ring whose clients included former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer pleaded guilty on Monday to a conspiracy charge relating to prostitution.
Tanya Hollander, 36, was one of four people charged with running [...]
US Senator’s trip to escort service creates huge expense
Louisiana Senator David Vitter will not be able to pay legal fees stemming from his involvement with a escort service from his campaign funds.
From the AP (via Google News):
Vitter’s lawyers asked the FEC to rule on whether the senator could use campaign funds to pay about $207,000 in legal costs, and whether his campaign committee [...]
Prostitution by teenagers increasing in Kenya
Due to the rise in violence from the disputed elections in Kenya, teenage girls are working as prostitutes for $3 an hour to survive the collapsed economy.
From the AP (via Yahoo News):
Prostitution and sexual exploitation are on the rise in the wake of the violence, which killed more than 1,000 people, eviscerated the economy and [...]
Sex with trafficked women is “paying for rape”
Several countries are striving to make the act of paying for sex a crime to eliminate the demand of human trafficking.
From Reuters:
The rise of international sex trafficking is causing many countries to rethink their laws on prostitution and re-examine legal frameworks that for decades have treated the purchase of sex as a social nuisance or [...]
Police chief in Iran caught with Prostitutes
In another example of a high level law enforcement official caught with prostitutes, the police chief of Tehran was found with six naked prostitutes in a brothel.
From the BBC News:
Tehran’s police chief, who was reportedly discovered in a brothel, has been arrested, it has been confirmed.
Local media have reported that General Reza Zarei [...]
Las Vegas is full of child prostitutes
A new report from Shared Hope International has found that in a single month more than 400 children were working as prostitutes in Las Vegas.
From the AP:
More than 400 children were found working as prostitutes in Las Vegas during a single month last year, according to a national report that calls the city a hub [...]
New ways to combat prostitution
In the fallout of Former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer’s involvement with prostitution, many ideas of how to deal with the world’s oldest profession has been coming forth.
New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof writes about a strategy used in Sweden that seems to be effective.
From his column Do as He Said:
In contrast, Sweden experimented in [...]
Suspicious bank transfers lead Feds to Spitzer
According to various news reports, US law enforcement first became aware of New York Governor Elliot Spitzer because of suspicious financial transactions, and not because they were already monitoring the escort service Emperor’s Club VIP.
First, from ABC News:
The federal investigation of a New York prostitution ring was triggered by Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s suspicious money transfers, [...]
