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Decoding the Sex Trafficking Case Against Sean 'Diddy' Combs

Diddy’s indictment turns the typical sex trafficking charge on its head.

Reason

Sean Combs 'manipulated' women into 'freak offs' with male sex workers, recorded the acts, unsealed indictment says

The rapper is currently facing three felony charges—racketeering, sex trafficking, and transportation to engage in prostitution

Latin Times

In Massachusetts, Sex Workers Get Charged and Clients Get Set Free

This flies in the face of one popular narrative.

Reason

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Delhi: Prostitution racket busted with arrest of three women

Delhi police busted a prostitution racket Read further on Dynamite News:

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Violent Venezuelan Gang Takes Over Colorado Apartment Complex

Violent Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, takes over Aurora apartment complex, engaging in criminal activities like assaults, extortion, and child prostitution.

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Slow down. Stay offline. Be bored

In time, restlessness gives way to new thinking, as artists from Anish Kapoor to Grayson Perry have attested

The Guardian - UK

Backpage.com founder Michael Lacey sentenced to 5 years in prison for money laundering

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Sex workers hit out at Ash Regan's criminalisation plans

SEX workers have hit out at Ash Regan’s bid to make it illegal to pay for sex in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

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

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

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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.

Salon

Diddy hit with sex trafficking lawsuit

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

The Guardian - UK

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

International Business Times

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.

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France 24

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,…

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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.

Bangkok Post

Woman arrested for running karaoke sex bar

A woman has been arrested and charged for procuring teens into prostitution following a raid on a karaoke bar in Bangkok's Bang Khen district late on Thursday night.

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San Francisco Residents Call For Law Enforcement Action

Residents in San Francisco and Los Angeles push for action on public safety and prostitution issues. Trevor Chandler advocates for increased police presenc...

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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:

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