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The Latest Breaking News from Prostitution

Punish the men who pay for sex, rather than the women lured into that life

Prostitution puts lives in danger yet sexual exploitation is permitted to thrive in the UK

The Guardian - UK

At State Legislatures Summit, Groups Lobby for Changes to Sex Work Laws

"The conversations are overwhelmingly productive and positive," says a representative from Decriminalize Sex Work.

Reason

Prostitution Surveillance Tower Goes Up in San Diego

Warrantless surveillance, Comic Con "sex trafficking," and the persistence of trafficking myths

Reason

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French law criminalising clients of sex workers upheld by European court

A French law criminalising clients of sex workers does not infringe on the European Convention on Human Rights, the continent's top rights court ruled Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

HIV-Positive Sex Workers No Longer Required To Register As Violent Sex Offenders In Tennessee

Selling sex while HIV-positive will still be a felony.

Reason

Tennessee will remove HIV-positive people convicted of sex work from violent sex offender list

HIV-positive people who were convicted in Tennessee of sex work under a decades-old aggravated prostitution law will no longer be required to face a lifetime registration as a “violent sex offender” under a lawsuit settlement finalized this week

The Independent UK

Customers complained about prostitution at this hotel chain for years. The company claimed it didn’t see it

Reviews posted online by guests at Red Roof Inn hotels show that customers complained about prostitution at the chain for over a decade. Some believe the refusal to prevent it may have allowed sex trafficking to flourish, Richard Hall and Alicja Hagopian write.

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Diddy hit with sex trafficking lawsuit

A former adult film star alleged that Combs forced her to engage in prostitution and sex work

Salon

Josephine Butler: the forgotten feminist who fought the UK police – and their genital inspections

Half a century before women could vote, Butler took on the patriarchy. Since the murder of Sarah Everard, her campaigning has never seemed more relevant

The Guardian - UK

Colombia Sex Tourism Boom Lures Foreigners Seeking Underage Girls

At night, sex workers take up their positions in the Colombian city of Medellin, where a tourism boom has led to a rise in prostitution that is dragging in underage girls.

International Business Times

Inside Japanese 'host clubs', where young men flirt for money

Authorities in Japan have been raiding "host bars" since the start of the year. These are clubs whose male employees trick women into spending large sums of money to drink and spend time in their company. Victims, who believe they're in love with their host, are left with massive debts,…

France 24

Three Individuals At Center Of Sex Ring Seek Plea Deals

Federal authorities uncover a high-end commercial sex ring in Boston and Virginia, leading to charges of interstate prostitution and money laundering.

Top News

Medellín Mayor Implements Prostitution Ban To Protect Children

Medellín's mayor implements a ban on prostitution in key areas to combat sexual exploitation and ensure safety for residents and tourists.

The Hindu

Bengaluru police invoke prevention of atrocities Act against accused for pushing women from the SC-ST communities into prostitution

The city police have invoked the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against the accused who were running a flesh trade at an illegal spa raided and shut down by the police recently.

Dynamite News

Police bust sex racket in Shahdara, 7 apprehended, 6 women rescued from prostitution

Delhi Police busted a prostitution racket gang in which seven people were apprehended and six women rescued in the Shahdara area of Delhi, a police official said. Read further on Dynamite News:

Bangkok Post

Woman arrested for alleged '3XL' sex service

Bangkok police arrested an overweight woman for alleged prostitution in a sting operation after seeing an online advertisement for sex services by overweight women.

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Legal prostitution in Germany: A failure?

More than two decades after prostitution was legalised in Germany, the issue is once again sparking debate. The conservative opposition in parliament is campaigning to reform the 2002 law that made sex work legal. Former chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party claims that the goal of improving the situation of sex…

The Hindu

CCB arrest foreign national for running prostitution racket

The women protection wing of the Central Crime Branch arrested a female foreign national for allegedly running a prostitution racket at a rented house on Kudlu main road in Parappana Agarahara on Sunday.

Reason

It's Time to Retire Super Bowl 'Sex Trafficking' Stings and Myths

For sex workers and their clients, Super Bowl season can mean a higher chance of getting nabbed by cops.

Reason

He Was Charged With Human Trafficking for Driving His Wife to Work

"The sole basis for targeting Joe was the race/ethnicity of his wife and her occupation" at an Asian massage parlor, the lawsuit claims.

The Independent UK

Bill would revise Tennessee's decades-old law targeting HIV-positive people convicted of sex work

A proposal advancing in the Tennessee legislature would stop requiring lifetime registration as a violent sex offender for anyone convicted of engaging in sex work while living with HIV

The Hindu

Commissioner orders probe into allegation of police colluding with spa running prostitution racket

The recent raid on a spa in Mahadevapura where sleuths from the Women Protection Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) uncovered a prostitution ring, seems to have opened a can of worms in the city police.

Reason

Maine's Bad Prostitution Law Could Be Coming Soon to Your State

Beware the “Equality Model” of sex work law reform in 2024.

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