The Latest Breaking News from Prostitution

New bills in six states showcase some right and wrong ways to help sex workers, from full decriminalization to ramping up penalties for prostitution customers.

Officials raided a bar on Bangla Walking Street in Phuket on Wednesday night, arresting two women for allegedly providing girls for visitors and rescuing six girls from the business.

An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi over allegations of bribing witnesses in a 2013 underage prostitution 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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.…