Several countries are striving to make the act of paying for sex a crime to eliminate the demand of human trafficking.
From Reuters:
The rise of international sex trafficking is causing many countries to rethink their laws on prostitution and re-examine legal frameworks that for decades have treated the purchase of sex as a social nuisance or [...]
In another example of a high level law enforcement official caught with prostitutes, the police chief of Tehran was found with six naked prostitutes in a brothel.
From the BBC News:
Tehran’s police chief, who was reportedly discovered in a brothel, has been arrested, it has been confirmed.
Local media have reported that General Reza Zarei [...]
A new report from Shared Hope International has found that in a single month more than 400 children were working as prostitutes in Las Vegas.
From the AP:
More than 400 children were found working as prostitutes in Las Vegas during a single month last year, according to a national report that calls the city a hub [...]
In the fallout of Former New York Governor Elliot Spitzer’s involvement with prostitution, many ideas of how to deal with the world’s oldest profession has been coming forth.
New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof writes about a strategy used in Sweden that seems to be effective.
From his column Do as He Said:
In contrast, Sweden experimented in [...]
According to various news reports, US law enforcement first became aware of New York Governor Elliot Spitzer because of suspicious financial transactions, and not because they were already monitoring the escort service Emperor’s Club VIP.
First, from ABC News:
The federal investigation of a New York prostitution ring was triggered by Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s suspicious money transfers, [...]
Every since authorities started cracking down on the $20 billion sex trade in South Korea, many industry workers have been moving abroad in an attempt to find comparable work.
The English version of the Chosun Ilbo reports on what draws some of those workers abroad:
Dedicated web groups are awash with advertisements drawing prostitutes abroad. A typical [...]
