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An appeals court has ruled Pennsylvania State Police botched a prostitution investigation in which troopers gave an informant money to pay for sex four times at a massage parlor, along with a total of $180 for the man's trouble.
Five Washington state baristas charged customers to touch their breasts and buttocks at an espresso stand where servers wear bikinis to draw business, police said.
Five people who lured Guatemalan women to Los Angeles, where the women were beaten and forced into prostitution, have been sentenced to federal prison terms of 30 to 40 years.
An appeals court says the federal government does not have to release information about wiretaps from the investigation that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
A retired state Supreme Court judge who procured prostitutes for his social club, including one woman who had appeared before him in court and another who was in the country illegally, was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison.
Brazilian police say they have busted a ring that allegedly sent some 200 women in the last year to the United States, Europe and elsewhere to work as prostitutes.
A veteran sports reporter for New Hampshire's largest newspaper was accused Wednesday of running a prostitution ring in two states and Canada featuring women who had auditioned for him.
The South Carolina attorney general who has threatened to prosecute Craigslist for prostitution-related ads wants a federal judge to dismiss the company's complaint against him, according to court papers filed this week.
It's past midnight in downtown Berlin, and the prostitutes pace in front of the Hackescher Markt's stores. Signs of a slow economy are everywhere — a sportswear store offers 40 percent markdowns, and bars advertise discounted drinks.
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer met regularly with prostitutes in multiple cities for 18 months before being identified as a client of an escort service and resigning in disgrace, a lawyer for an employee who arranged the trysts said Monday.
Seven New Yorkers were indicted on charges of running a 24-hour prostitution ring on Craigslist as the Web site's CEO struck back to keep South Carolina's attorney general from pursuing criminal charges against the company.
A federal judge on Friday blocked South Carolina's attorney general from making any move to prosecute Craigslist executives for ads that lead to prostitution arrests while the company pursues its lawsuit against the state.
A woman is accused in California of making more than $8.5 million from an online prostitution business that claimed to employ porn stars and fashion models.
The federal government has asked an appeals court to reverse a ruling ordering the public release of sealed documents in the prostitution probe that led to the resignation of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Craigslist.com, the wildly popular online community and classified bazaar, is coming under intense pressure from law enforcement authorities to eliminate what they say are ads for illegal sexual activities.
South Carolina's top prosecutor on Tuesday called on the chief executive of popular online site Craigslist to take down ads related to prostitution and pornography or face prosecution himself.
By the time she was 8, Amanda had been sexually abused by her father's friend for four years. At 12, she was peddling crack. At 14, she was selling sex on the sidewalk.
A proposal to levy a $5 tax on sex acts in Nevada has died in a state Senate committee.
A judge has rejected former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's attempt to keep his name out of documents related to the prostitution probe that forced him from office.
A Detroit man convicted of operating an Internet child prostitution network has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Cook County's sheriff filed a lawsuit Thursday against Craigslist, saying the popular online classifieds site not only allows the solicitation of prostitution but has actively created "the largest source of prostitution in America."
The government must release sealed documents that could reveal new details about the origins and scope of the prostitution investigation that brought down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a judge ordered Thursday.
Five people have been convicted of forcing Guatemalan women and girls into prostitution in Los Angeles.
A fourth-grade teacher had a side job as a prostitute, and even skipped class after using a school computer to arrange an afternoon tryst at a motel, authorities said Wednesday.
The man who ran an escort business at the heart of the scandal that helped bring down former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison.
Somersworth man facing prostitution and sex chargeSOMERSWORTH, N.H. -- A Somersworth man is being held on sexual assault and prostitution charges that he arranged for a minor to have sexual contact with another person.
Global warming causes increase in AIDS says UN OfficialSuneeta Mukherjee, country representative of the United Nations Food Population Fund (UNFPA), said women in the Philippines are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change in the country.
Prostitution sting nabs a 13 yr old Alabama boyAn undercover officer posing as a prostitute in Alabama tried more than once to run off a 13-year-old boy who asked her for sex, but police say the teen insisted and had to be arrested.
Minnesota news items from the past year give one pause when one considers that the natives have long prided themselves on being 'Minnesota Nice'. Minnesota is supposed to be a place where the whole state is just like the fictional Lake Woebegone of National Public Radio fame.
13-year-old boy arrested as 'john' in Mobile police prostitution sting A 13-year-old boy was one of 15 people arrested last week during an undercover prostitution sting in northwest Mobile.
Belle de Jour revealed as research scientist Dr Brooke MagnantiMagnanti is a respected specialist in developmental neurotoxicology and cancer epidemiology in a hospital research group in Bristol.
Chinese Officials Told To Dump MistressesChinese officials are being told to dump their mistresses, avoid hostess bars, and shun extravagances as part of the Communist party's efforts to clamp down on the corruption that is threatening its rule and sullying its reputation.
Scientist announces that she is call girl and blogger Belle de JourOne of the best kept literary secrets of the decade was revealed last night when 34-year-old scientist Dr Brooke Magnanti announced she was the writer masquerading as call girl Belle de Jour.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Ahmadinejad's theological foesBy Edward Stourton Analysis, BBC Radio 4 It is not often you find an email from a Grand Ayatollah in your inbox - especially not when the Ayatollah in question is a pivotal figure in one of the great dramas currently unfolding on the world stage.
Prostitutes Break Cycle; Pull Lives Together"A group of 12 former prostitutes were honored in a graduation ceremony . . . for completing the Off the Streets rehab program."
Should St. Mary of Egypt Have Done Jail Time?An outstanding article questioning the American legal system of outlawing immoral behavior.
Emma Thompson Speaks Out Against Human Trafficking - ABC NewsActress Emma Thompson has played fictional characters on the big screen for 20 years, but her latest project tackles the real-life horrors of human trafficking.
Man paid woman to have sex with her teen daughterA man who allegedly paid money to the mother of a 14-year-old girl so he could have sex with the child has been charged with sexual assault.
Pa. Prostitution Case Thrown Out Over Government Funded SexHARRISBURG, Pa. — An appeals court has ruled Pennsylvania State Police botched a prostitution investigation in which troopers gave an informant money to pay for sex four times at a massage parlor, along with a total of $180 for the man's trouble.
Woman charged with prostitution at Milford hotelMILFORD — Police say they busted a New York City woman on prostitution charges after she advertised herself online as a "lovely Asian sweetie" who was in Milford to offer the "Best Asian Massage."
Pa. Woman Offers Sex For World Series TicketsBENSALEM, Pa. -- Police in a Philadelphia suburb said they've arrested a woman who offered sex for World Series tickets.
'Sex for tix' suspect gets tickets after allThe woman accused of offering sex for World Series tickets will get to go to the game after all. Action News has learned that Susan Finkelstein, 43, of West Philadelphia, was given tickets to Game 3 by a local radio station and car dealership. Facepalm.
'Desperate' Phillies fan arrested for offering sex in exchange for World Series tickets700 arrests across country as FBI rescues children from sex tradeThe FBI says it rescued 52 children, one just 10 years old, from prostitution rings during nationwide raids that led to nearly 700 arrests.
R.I. Lawmakers Mull Ban On Indoor ProstitutionPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lawmakers could soon close a loophole making Rhode Island the only state beside Nevada that permits indoor prostitution.
RI lawmakers consider ban on indoor prostitutionPROVIDENCE, R.I.—Lawmakers could soon close a loophole making Rhode Island the only state beside Nevada that permits indoor prostitution.
Judge dismisses 'Adult Services' Craigslist suitA federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit aimed at driving classified ads for prostitution off the Craigslist Web site.
Man found guilty in sex slave caseA man sentenced to 14 years' jail for possessing five Thai women as slaves to work in South Melbourne brothels was yesterday convicted of using a sixth woman as part of the scheme.
The fight for equality in the Third World is nothing like the fight for equality in America. Here it is about equal pay or access to birth control or sexual harassment. In the Third World, it is about nothing less than the fight for your right to live.
Helping Men Who Buy SexCan you teach men who pick up prostitutes not to buy sex? Part education, part intervention, a "school" in Worcester takes aim at reducing demand on the streets.
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