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Inside city's red light district, where sex sold from 8am and syringes left on ground

Sex work, drug use and anti-social behavior in a Birmingham suburb is leaving business owners and residents exasperated and scared. They are calling for the police and local council to take action

Daily Mirror

Girl, 19, 'murdered' by Uttarakhand resort owner, son of BJP ex-minister, for 'refusing prostitution'; leaves painful text with friend

DEHRADUN: A 19-year-old girl from Pauri Garhwal, who went missing four days ago from a Rishikesh resort in Uttarakhand where she used to work as a receptionist, was allegedly pushed from a cliff into the river Ganga by the owner and his two employees for "refusing to indulge in prostitution…

The Times of India

There's No Way FOSTA Isn't a First Amendment Violation, Says Lawsuit

The case is now on appeal after a lower court said the ban on websites promoting prostitution didn't concern protected speech.

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'I Have My Own Life': The Case for Legalizing Sex Work

It would be far easier to prosecute sex trafficking if voluntary sex work were legal.

Reason

Spanish sex club owners, workers protest prostitution bill

Protesters including brothel owners and sex workers have demonstrated in front of the Spanish Parliament over a bill that would penalize prostitution customers and sex club owners or pimps with sentences up to 4 years in prison

The Independent UK

Review: HeidiWorld Wants You To Rethink Prostitution

Podcaster Molly Lambert's gambit to get listeners to critically examine the conflation of sex work is mostly successful.

Reason

Google Says Truth Social Must Clean Up Act Before Gracing Android App Store

Plus: Vermont city repeals prostitution ordinance, political correctness revisited, and more...

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Young mum-of-four turned to sex work to fund £200-a-day heroin habit

Jade Taylor-Harrison, a mum to four children from Chell Heath in Stoke-on-Trent, was caught red handed selling drugs and she confessed to using heroin daily and funding her habit through prostitution

Daily Mirror

Man arrested in prostitution sting after he leaves sleeping wife to meet sex worker during honeymoon

The newlywed is just one of at least 360 suspects arrested by the human trafficking squad since June 2021 in a crackdown on trafficking and prostitution including of minors

The Independent UK

Fatima’s fight gives a lifeline to many women

The docu, Fatima, depicts a solo fight against inter-generational prostitution prevalent in her community

The Hindu

NYC human trafficking victims forced into prostitution, fraud desperately seek a way out of the shadows

NEW YORK — Amber came to New York in 2012 to escape an abusive relationship and find work to support her young daughter. Not long after arriving, she was turning tricks for a trafficker who wouldn’t let her come home from work each day until she’d made him $1,000 —…

Tribune News Service

Thane: Cops bust sex racket, two women held

THANE: Two women from Mumbai were recently arrested by the Thane police for allegedly running a sex racket and luring ladies in need of monetary assistance and later pushing them into prostitution, officials informed.

The Times of India

Maharashtra: 17 women rescued, nine agents held after prostitution racket busted in Navi Mumbai

MUMBAI: Mumbai Police rescued 17 women, who were allegedly forced into prostitution, after conducting a raid in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, and arrested nine men for acting as agents, an official said on Thursday.

The Times of India

Sex tourism: When conscience takes a vacation

A lot of travellers are looking for erotic adventures abroad — and are willing to pay for them. But many tourist destinations have shied away from addressing the issue.

Bangkok Post

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The Times of India

Delhi prostitution racket: Uzbek girls trafficked on bikes through India-Nepal border, say police

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Sunday said that the prostitution racket which was busted in the Malviya Nagar area, was also involved in human trafficking by bringing the girls illegally from Uzbekistan and neighbouring countries on bikes via the Nepal-India border on the pretext of getting jobs in Delhi and…

Bangkok Post

Thailand should legalise prostitution

Thanks to the hit biopic Gangubai Kathiawadi on Netflix, the plight of Thai sex workers and their needs for legal protection are back in the spotlight.

Liverpool Echo

Woman who ran brothel breaks down before judge passes sentence

Guoyan Ma was found guilty earlier this year of controlling prostitution for gain

The Guardian - UK

The tide is finally turning in Italy in favour of protecting women in the sex trade

A bill to legalise sex work, and criminalise the buying of it, follows the successful Nordic model, says journalist and activist Julie Bindel

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Reason

A Broader Perspective on "My Body, My Choice"

The principle has implications that go far beyond abortion. Some of them deserve far more attention than they have gotten to this point.

The Independent UK

California eyes banning loitering for prostitution arrests

California lawmakers are finally sending Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that would bar police from making arrests on a charge of loitering for prostitution, nine months after it passed the Legislature

Bristol Post

'Let's stop treating prostitutes as criminals' - Bristolian's overwhelming support for the city's sex workers

Our readers had some fruity words for the methods of local law enforcement

Bristol Post

Prostitution in Eastville 'continues to be an issue' say police

Police say tackling the crime 'will require long-term work'

The Independent UK

Lovers jailed over £250,000 sex slave ring they thought was ‘brilliant’

Romanian victims were told to ‘look sexy’ in semi-nude application photos

Dublin Live

'I saw a woman shooting heroin with child in pram on city centre alley', says Councillor

Forced prostitution, open crack cocaine and heroin use and intimidation are all issues associated with the back street

Bangkok Post

Woman arrested for luring young women into forced prostitution in UAE

A 47-year-old woman has been arrested in Bangkok’s Lat Krabang district for allegedly duping young women into forced prostitution in the United Arab Emirates.

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