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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,…

France 24

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.

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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.

The Hindu

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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Woman arrested for alleged '3XL' sex service

Bangkok police arrested an overweight woman for alleged prostitution in a sting operation after seeing an online advertisement for sex services by overweight women.

Bangkok Post

Legal prostitution in Germany: A failure?

More than two decades after prostitution was legalised in Germany, the issue is once again sparking debate. The conservative opposition in parliament is campaigning to reform the 2002 law that made sex work legal. Former chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party claims that the goal of improving the situation of sex…

France 24

CCB arrest foreign national for running prostitution racket

The women protection wing of the Central Crime Branch arrested a female foreign national for allegedly running a prostitution racket at a rented house on Kudlu main road in Parappana Agarahara on Sunday.

The Hindu

It's Time to Retire Super Bowl 'Sex Trafficking' Stings and Myths

For sex workers and their clients, Super Bowl season can mean a higher chance of getting nabbed by cops.

Reason

He Was Charged With Human Trafficking for Driving His Wife to Work

"The sole basis for targeting Joe was the race/ethnicity of his wife and her occupation" at an Asian massage parlor, the lawsuit claims.

Reason

Bill would revise Tennessee's decades-old law targeting HIV-positive people convicted of sex work

A proposal advancing in the Tennessee legislature would stop requiring lifetime registration as a violent sex offender for anyone convicted of engaging in sex work while living with HIV

The Independent UK

Commissioner orders probe into allegation of police colluding with spa running prostitution racket

The recent raid on a spa in Mahadevapura where sleuths from the Women Protection Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) uncovered a prostitution ring, seems to have opened a can of worms in the city police.

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Reason

Maine's Bad Prostitution Law Could Be Coming Soon to Your State

Beware the “Equality Model” of sex work law reform in 2024.

Dynamite News

Mumbai police rescues abducted 17-year-old girl from West Bengal, arrests two persons

The Mumbai police arrested two individuals for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old minor girl and forcing her into prostitution in West Bengal. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Charges sought against 28 high-profile customers at ‘sophisticated brothels’

Customers allegedly included elected officials, pharmaceutical executives, doctors, military officers and government contractors with security clearances

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Delhi: Minor girl abducted, forced into prostitution; 3 held

Delhi police have arrested three persons for allegedly forcing a 14-year-old girl into prostitution. Read further on Dynamite News:

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The Guardian - UK

‘It’s scary’: Malawian women forced to sell sex after cyclone destroys crops

In devastating land and livelihoods, Cyclone Freddy pushed more women and girls into prostitution to feed their families

Reason

Backpage: The Monumental Free Speech Case the Media Ignored

The mere act of publishing sex ads online is enough to send most potential free speech allies scurrying for the exits.

The Guardian - US

Ex-owners of sex work site Backpage convicted of prostitution scheme

Michael Lacey, Scott Spear and John Brunst, all men in their 70s, created complicated system to try to outwit US government

The Canberra Times

Child prostitution 'instigator' knew 'unsure' victim was 14yo

'She was unsure and he just offered her more money.'

The Independent UK

Jurors hear opposite views of whether Backpage founder knew the site was running sex ads

Jurors at the criminal trial of a founder of the classified site Backpage

Chicago Sun-Times

Sheriff’s office makes progress in human trafficking, prostitution cases, will target websites

More advanced tactics needed to combat internet-assisted trafficking, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said.

The Hindu

10 persons arrested in connection with rape of two minor girls in Chikkamagaluru

When the police recorded the statements of the girls, they learnt that the girls were forced into prostitution. The police registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act).

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