UNBELIEVABLE: 13 | History Defined

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 · Feb 15, 2023

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 · Feb 10, 2023

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 · Feb 9, 2023

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 · Jan 26, 2023

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 · Jan 24, 2023

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 · Jan 20, 2023

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 · Jan 20, 2023

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 · Jan 20, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Jan 20, 2023

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.

Reason · Jan 18, 2023