FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 8 | History Defined

'Human Trafficking' Sting Yields 547 Arrests, but Only 1 for Human Trafficking

A(nother) look at how human trafficking panic gets made.

Reason · Feb 5, 2025

Tokyo Police Bust Alleged Prostitution Ring Targeting Tourists

Japanese police said they have arrested seven people suspected of running an illegal sex business that reportedly targeted tourists in Tokyo's busy red-light district.

International Business Times · Feb 5, 2025

Bullets and blues: Louis Armstrong’s difficult upbringing revealed after discovery of family police records

A new book reveals the jazz musician’s mother and sister were arrested several times for prostitution in New Orleans

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2025

Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO’s dementia may leave him incompetent to face sex charges, lawyers say

Mike Jeffries has pleaded not guilty to one count of sex trafficking and 15 counts of interstate prostitution

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2024

Matt Gaetz Goes Off on Ethics Report in Emotional Tweetstorm: 'Giving Funds to Someone You're Dating Is Now Prostitution?!?'

Former Florida Representative Matt Gaetz has taken to social media to address the recently released report from the House Ethics Committee, accusing him of breaking federal and state law.

International Business Times · Dec 23, 2024

The Glasgow Lock Hospital for Unfortunate Females was supposed to help vulnerable girls and women in the 19th century – instead it continued their abuse

Nine-year-old Annie McGuire and seven-year-old Elizabeth Martin were among thousands of women and girls admitted to the Glasgow Lock Hospital for Unfortunate Females, one of a network of Lock hospitals built across Britain and its colonies in the 19th century, between 1846 and 1947.

The Conversation · Dec 23, 2024

Inquiry launched in Peru after alleged prostitution ring uncovered in Congress

Prosecutors look into sex-for-votes scandal after killing of Congress lawyer leads to investigation of her former boss

The Guardian - US · Dec 19, 2024

Sean 'Diddy' Combs appears 'astonishingly thinner and greyer' at latest court hearing, eyewitness reports

The music mogul has been formally charged with sex trafficking by force, transportation for prostitution, and racketeering conspiracy

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024

I’m a former assistant DA who works with survivors of sex trafficking − here’s why a recent Philly sting marks a shift in how Pennsylvania confronts the commercial sex industry

Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry and the Pennsylvania State Police announced the arrests of 22 people connected to a long-standing, Philadelphia-based human trafficking ring on Oct. 22, 2024.

The Conversation · Dec 17, 2024

African sex traffickers arrested

Three Africans have been arrested on suspicion of being part of a gang that traffics women from Africa into prostitution in Bangkok.

Bangkok Post · Dec 5, 2024