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Opinion: Why Decriminalize Child Prostitution?

Believe it or not, the average age for a girl entering prostitution is 13 years old, and the average age is declining as buyers want younger and younger children. Nobody knows exactly how many kids end up being sold for sexual services, but the number is in the multiple thousands and the problem grows bigger and expands to...

Texas Officials Vow to Crack Down on Sex Traffic at Super Bowl

(Nov. 18) -- Authorities in Texas are throwing down the gauntlet, warning procurers and prostitutes that they will not be welcome at Super Bowl XLV. "The Super Bowl can have a tremendously positive economic impact on north Texas. We just want to ensure human traffickers don't share in the profits," Texas Attorney General...

Italy Plans to Denude Forest to Fight Prostitution

(Oct. 17) -- An Italian region struggling with policing the sex trade along a heavily wooded road has come up with a novel solution: Just chop down the forest. According to the Guardian newspaper, the regional government of Abruzzo in central Italy has tried 24-hour patrols, raids and cameras to curb the rampant sex trade...

Judge Strikes Down Canada's Prostitution Laws: So Wait, Is It Legal Now?

(Sept. 28) -- A federal judge in Toronto today declared that Canada's laws restricting sexual prostitution violate the country's constitution. Justice Susan Himel ruled that the laws endangered sex-trade workers by forcing them onto the streets to practice their trade, CTV reported. "I find that the danger faced by...

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Gang leader gets 50 years for sex trafficking in Virginia

A federal court in Virginia sentenced a leader of the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, street gang to 50 years in prison for sex trafficking, local radio station WTOP reported Saturday.

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Why the Women's Rights Movement Must Listen to Sex Workers

"The key demand of the sex workers' movement in Burma, in Asia and all around the world is simple. We demand that sex work is recognized as work. But we have one other key demand, specific to certain parts of the women's movement. We demand that we are not treated as victims."

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06/03/12 Prostitution Sting in Riverside Nets 10 Arrests Source: Westhampton-Hampton Bays Patch - Westhampton-Hampton Bays NY Undercover Southampton Town police officers posing as prostitutes and johns conducted a sting in Riverside on Saturday night that resulted in 10 arrests.
06/03/12 Zhang Ziyi's Sex and Prostitution Scandal: All Lies? Source: International Business Times (Australia) A representative from Zhang Ziyi's camp released a statement through E!
06/03/12 DB Supervisor Helps Mold Anti Sex Trafficking Campaign Source: Walnut Patch - Walnut CA Law enforcement, transit and business leaders have unveiled a multimedia ad campaign aimed at raising awareness of child sex trafficking.
06/03/12 MS-13 gang leader to serve 50 years for sex... Source: InsideNoVA.com - Woodbridge VA A gang member was sentenced Friday to serve 50 years in prison for forcing girls as young as 14 to work as prostitutes in Northern Virginia.
06/03/12 Former State Trooper Charged With Prostitution Source: CBS Local NEW BRITAIN, Conn. A former Connecticut state trooper is accused of running a prostitution business with her husband.