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- Should Prostitution Be a Crime? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/magazine/should-prostitution-be-a-crime.html?_r=0 314 comments
- Sex trafficking, prostitution is anything but a 'victimless crime,' experts say https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/02/24/robert-kraft-case-spotlights-sex-trafficking-prostitution-realities/2963517002/ 62 comments politics
- Should Prostitution Be a Crime? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/magazine/should-prostitution-be-a-crime.html?_r=0 56 comments politics
- When Prostitution Wasn't a Crime: A History of Sex Work in America http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/when-prostitution-wasnt-crime-fascinating-history-sex-work-america 3 comments history
- Marco Rubio would not make prostitution a US crime http://nbc4i.com/2016/02/22/marco-rubio-would-not-make-prostitution-a-us-crime/ 11 comments politics
- [Fat Leonard] Prostitutes,Vacations, and Cash: Snapshots of the Navy Officials and Their Crimes https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/seducing-the-seventh-fleet/ 23 comments navy
- [NP] Prostitution not a crime if sex worker not forced into it : Gujart HC http://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/prostitution-not-a-crime-if-sex-worker-not-forced-into-it/articleshow/58542905.cms 85 comments india
- Migrant children in France forced into daily crime, prostitution, says UNICEF http://www.france24.com/en/20160617-unicef-migrant-children-france-forced-daily-crime-prostitution 4 comments europe
- It is common in this country [US] for under-age girls engaged in prostitution to be arrested, even though it is a serious crime for an adult to have sex with a minor. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/opinion/19herbert.html?ref=opinion 7 comments reddit.com
- FOSTA Passes Senate, Making Prostitution Ads a Federal Crime Against Objections from DOJ and Trafficking Victims https://reason.com/blog/2018/03/21/senate-passes-fosta-sex-trafficking-bill 5 comments politics
- Should Prostitution Be a Crime? A growing movement of sex workers and activists is making the decriminalization of sex work a feminist issue. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/magazine/should-prostitution-be-a-crime.html 26 comments law
- Prostitution: Irish government introduces new law to make paying for sex a crime http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30242641 7 comments worldnews
- Bristol sex gangs jailed for grooming girls: Thirteen men have been convicted of a string of child sex crimes in Bristol involving the abuse, rape and prostitution of teenage girls. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30078503 257 comments worldnews
- The Prostitution Sting Will Be Tweeted: Police in Maryland plan to post the names and photos of johns, before they have been charged with a crime. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/05/why-police-shouldnt-live-tweet-prostitution-stings/361564/ 98 comments law
- Police in Stockholm were surprised on Monday to find that a man they had arrested for buying sex from a prostitute was the duty prosecutor to whom they were obliged to report the crime. http://www.thelocal.se/46422/20130226/#.us0wc0znzre 15 comments europe
- Jared Kushner’s dad was on trial for crimes, and his uncle was going to testify against him. So Jared’s dad hired a prostitute to seduce the uncle, and taped it, then sent the video to the uncle’s wife (his sister) in a failed attempt at witness tampering. An old story, but still hilarious. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/jared-kushner-chris-christie-book 137 comments politics
- Italian cops bust Nigerian crime network forcing women into prostitution | Italian authorities said the criminal network forced 41 Nigerian women into prostitution while nine were forced to beg for money on the streets. The exploitation stretched outside Italy into Germany and Libya. https://www.dw.com/en/italian-cops-bust-nigerian-crime-network-forcing-women-into-prostitution/a-59902828?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf 63 comments italy
- Baltimore drops prosecution of low-level crimes, including prostitution, drug possession https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/545218-baltimore-drops-prosecution-of-low-level-crimes-including-prostitution?amp&__twitter_impression=true 26 comments politics
- Baltimore will no longer prosecute drug possession, prostitution, low-level crimes https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/baltimore-will-no-longer-prosecute-drug-possession-prostitution-low-level-n1262209 86 comments nottheonion
- Baltimore will no longer prosecute drug possession, prostitution, low-level crimes https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/baltimore-will-no-longer-prosecute-drug-possession-prostitution-low-level-n1262209 267 comments politics
- Baltimore will no longer prosecute drug possession, prostitution, low-level crimes https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/baltimore-will-no-longer-prosecute-drug-possession-prostitution-low-level-n1262209 39 comments politics
- Outlaw prostitution websites to protect enslaved and trafficked women, say MPs: Online advertisements accessible in the UK are at the heart of a sex industry with organised crime links. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/30/ban-prostitution-websites-stamp-out-trafficking-sexual-exploitation 5 comments worldnews
- Ireland passes law making it a crime to buy sex -- follows Canada, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Northern Ireland in introducing legislation designed to punish men who use prostitutes without criminalising those driven into prostitution. https://www.yahoo.com/news/ireland-passes-law-making-crime-buy-sex-171140676.html 548 comments worldnews
- Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has resigned from an advisory panel to Panama’s government set up after the Panama Papers scandal, citing lack of transparency within the committee. He said he found evidence in the papers of crimes such as money laundering for child prostitution rings. http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/world/68300/stiglitz_quits_panama_papers_commission_cites_lack_of_transparency?#.v6i0qvurlna 150 comments worldnews
- Sex workers in New Orleans have become susceptible to losing access to HIV/AIDS treatment due to arrest and have grown wary of carrying condoms—which police use as evidence of prostitution even when they don't witness the commission of an actual crime, according to a Human Rights Watch report. http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/12/report-aggressive-new-orleans-police-responsible-hiv-aids-rate 530 comments worldnews
- Prostitution in France: Turning off the red light "...On December 4th, the lower house of parliament voted to make prostitution a crime for those who pay for sex, subject to a fine of €1,500 ($2,030) for a first offence and €3,750 thereafter." http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21591220-new-law-will-make-paying-sex-crime-turning-red-light 31 comments europe
- Pope Francis overhauled the laws that govern the Vatican City State, criminalizing leaks of Vatican information and specifically listing sexual violence, prostitution and possession of child pornography as crimes against children that can be punished by up to 12 years in prison http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/11/pope-criminalizes-leaks-sex-abuse-in-first-laws/2508013/ 324 comments worldnews
- Pope Francis overhauled the laws that govern the Vatican City State on Thursday, criminalizing leaks of Vatican information and specifically listing sexual violence, prostitution and possession of child pornography as crimes against children that can be punished by up to 12 years in prison http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/e/eu_vatican_pope_laws?site=ap&section=home&template=default&ctime=2013-07-11-08-23-00 8 comments worldnews
- Mom Can't Get Food Stamps After Drug Offense, Resorts to Prostitution to Feed her Kids: If she’d committed rape or murder, Carla could have gotten assistance to feed herself and her children, but because the crime she committed was related to drugs, she can't http://www.alternet.org/trading-sex-f-cking-happy-meal-mom-cant-get-food-stamps-after-drug-offense-resorts-prostitution-feed 1584 comments politics
- "The most important thing to understand about prostitution is that imposing sexual intercourse with money is a form of violence that shouldn't be accepted". More than 200 women's rights groups are calling for laws to make paying for sex a crime across the European Union. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20591726 45 comments europe
- Why does Wiener have to quit after committing no crime, when Senator Vitter hires prostitutes, even from the senate floor (which is illegal)? He faced no censure and was re-elected without question, oh, and he ran on family values and morals. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/06/16/why-not-david-vitter-too?partner=rss&emc=rss 299 comments politics
- Sex trafficking in the UK - Powerful crime investigation told through story of Romanian's abduction and violent imprisonment as prostitute in Manchester. Raped by different men 50 times a week. Hers is just one story; up to 5,000 others still to be told http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/feb/06/sex-traffick-romania-britain?cat=uk&type=article 59 comments worldnews
- New Orleans reclassifies possession and prostitution. The City Council voted unanimously Thursday to designate marijuana possession, prostitution and other minor crimes as municipal offenses, giving police the option to issue a summons rather than make an arrest. http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/12/new_orleans_city_council_recla.html 4 comments law
- Meanwhile, there's a WikiLeaks cable that details how US contractor DynCorp sold child prostitutes to Afghan police officers as part of a bacha bazi party. Real, actual evidence of sexual crimes with victims who could not possibly consent. Where's the Interpol red notice? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/dcx2/jaccuse-sweden-britain-an_b_795899_70769483.html 315 comments reddit.com
- A test-run of issuing free heroin to addicts in Copenhagen appears to be successful, with initial results showing reduced crime and prostitution and improved health and life quality for those taking part in the project. http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/article985984.ece 119 comments worldnews
- Mecklenburg County Commissioner Bill James: "We arrest 250 homosexuals each year in Mecklenburg alone for either a ‘crime against nature’ or ‘solicitation of a crime against nature’. Unlike prostitution (exchanging money), even suggesting homosexual sex is a criminal offense in NC." http://www.q-notes.com/4632/james-police-de-infest-areas-where-gays-congregate/ 26 comments politics
- Jon Stewart"I guess it's an efficiency thing. You don't want to waste tax-payer money giving it to someone who advises fake prostitutes how to commit imaginary crimes, you want to give it to Halliburton because they're committing real gang rape." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/15/jon-stewart-takes-on-30-r_n_321985.html 86 comments politics
- Eliot Spitzer Paints President and Predatory Lenders as Partners in Crime Found Himself Pinned to Prostitute http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/25-bushs-real-problem-with-eliot-spitzer/ 2 comments reddit.com
- It isn't clear why the FBI sought the wiretap warrant for Spitzer. Federal prostitution probes are exceedingly rare, lawyers say, except in cases involving organized-crime leaders or child abuse. http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/12/prostitution/index.html 43 comments politics
- Most people think that buying an imitation handbag or wallet is harmless, a victimless crime. But the counterfeiting rackets are run by crime syndicates that also deal in narcotics, weapons, child prostitution, human trafficking and terrorism. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/opinion/30thomas.html?ex=1346126400&en=71d4a76aa8be4ce0&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss 3 comments reddit.com