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# prostitution - Tuesday 22 May, 2012

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Prosecutor launches new Strauss-Kahn gang rape investigation

Tue, 8:33 AM 2,200 Views 5 Comments

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn acknowledges being involved in “libertine” activity, but says he never used violence and was unaware of anyone being paid for sex.

# prostitution - Tuesday 15 May, 2012

Prostitution

“Women sell sex because they have to,” says new campaign

15/05/12 3,829 Views 140 Comments

The Ruhama agency has launched a new multimedia campaign which it says “contradicts the glamorous veneer and images used to advertise and normalise prostitution”.

# prostitution - Saturday 28 April, 2012

Scandal

New rules for Secret Service after prostitution scandal

28/04/12 2,916 Views 3 Comments

Secret Service agents will now be assigned chaperones on some trips to enforce new rules of conduct that clamp down on excessive drinking – even when they’re off duty.

# prostitution - Wednesday 25 April, 2012

Secret Sex

Obama calls Secret Service agents caught in sex scandal ‘knuckleheads’

25/04/12 3,609 Views 11 Comments

“What these guys were thinking, I don’t know. That’s why they’re not there anymore.”

# prostitution - Saturday 21 April, 2012

Scandal

Prostitution scandal: six Secret Service officers lose jobs

21/04/12 4,573 Views 5 Comments

And it looks like the scandal may gain even more legs.

# prostitution - Thursday 19 April, 2012

Prostitution

US agents ‘removed’ after Colombian prostitute scandal

19/04/12 3,000 Views 14 Comments

Eight agents remain on administrative leave over scandal which emerged ahead of President Obama’s visit to Colombia.

# prostitution - Sunday 15 April, 2012

Embarrassment

US Secret Service agents placed on leave over prostitution scandal

15/04/12 3,865 Views 10 Comments

The embarrassing scandal deepens.

# prostitution - Sunday 19 February, 2012

DSK

Strauss-Khan to be questioned over alleged links to ‘prostitution ring’

19/02/12 2,883 Views 17 Comments

The former head of the IMF faces questions over his alleged links to a prostitution ring in northern France.

# prostitution - Sunday 12 February, 2012

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Nuts and takeaway: The week in quotes

12/02/12 4,258 Views 1 Comment

“We’ll pay our dues in full and on time”…

# prostitution - Wednesday 8 February, 2012

Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

08/02/12 4,882 Views 3 Comments

In tonight’s Fix: What you need to know about the Finance Bill, latest on the Tallaght drive-by, and the man who’s betting on the Irish economy…

Opinion

Column: Sex workers face brutal abuse. Do we want this to be ‘normal’?

08/02/12 7,189 Views 139 Comments

It’s time for legal action on the ‘oldest profession’ – which is far from a necessary evil, writes Denise Charlton.

Prostitution

Prostitution programme ‘showed the appalling abuse of women’ – Taoiseach

08/02/12 4,539 Views 48 Comments

Enda Kenny told the Dáil today that the government intends to introduce legislation to clamp down on the prostitution industry in Ireland.

# prostitution - Sunday 5 February, 2012

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The Daily Fix: Sunday

05/02/12 4,797 Views No Comments

Your evening round-up of the day’s main news…

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RTÉ to air prostitution documentary originally meant for ‘Prime Time Investigates’

05/02/12 10,418 Views 21 Comments

An hour-long programme on prostitution will air on Tuesday night, though the ‘Prime Time Investigates’ series remains suspended.

# prostitution - Saturday 4 February, 2012

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Column: I worked as an escort to pay my family’s bills

04/02/12 13,796 Views 68 Comments

Jobless and unable to pay for basics, ‘Scarlett O’Kelly’ set up as a call girl in middle Ireland. She told TheJournal.ie about her experiences.

# prostitution - Friday 20 January, 2012

Belfast

Belfast: Women arrested in prostitution and human trafficking investigation

20/01/12 1,907 Views 2 Comments

Two women have been arrested as part of a PSNI investigation into controlling prostitution and human trafficking in Northern Ireland.

# prostitution - Thursday 8 December, 2011

China

China executes Filipino drug dealer despite clemency plea

08/12/11 2,794 Views 16 Comments

The Phillipine president made an appeal on humanitarian grounds to avert today’s execution.

# prostitution - Monday 17 October, 2011

DSK

Strauss-Kahn ‘will debunk’ new claims linking him to prostitution ring

17/10/11 354 Views 9 Comments

The former IMF head is embroiled in further controversy days after a police probe into rape allegations was dropped.

Prostitution

Shatter publishes report on prostitution legislation

17/10/11 865 Views 30 Comments

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has published his report into Swedish law criminalising people who purchase sexual services from prostitutes.

# prostitution - Wednesday 5 October, 2011

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Peru: Police rescue almost 300 women forced into sexual slavery

05/10/11 520 Views 1 Comment

The Peruvian authorities have rescued almost 300 women they believe are the victims of human trafficking – the youngest girl discovered by police is just 13 years old.

# prostitution - Monday 3 October, 2011

Prostitution

Minister for Justice examining advice on criminalising purchase of sex

03/10/11 556 Views 17 Comments

Deputy Alan Shatter is currently examining the implications of introducing a ban similar to that introduced in Sweden in 1999.

# prostitution - Friday 30 September, 2011

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Column: ‘I thought what I was doing was normal’

30/09/11 3,878 Views 11 Comments

How do women end up in prostitution? One tells her personal story, and describes her experience in the sex industry.

# prostitution - Wednesday 28 September, 2011

Berlusconi

Berlusconi accused of persuading witness to lie

28/09/11 134 Views 1 Comment

From victim to suspect: A Naples judge has turned an extortion case on its head, stating Silvio Berlusconi should be investigated for persuading a witness to lie, while the accused – a Bari businessman – is freed from custody.

# prostitution - Tuesday 27 September, 2011

Prostitution

Law banning purchase of sex “would reduce sex trafficking and prostitution”

27/09/11 2,002 Views 81 Comments

Police officers from Sweden and Norway met with members of the Gardaí, the HSE and other organisations to discuss making the purchase of sex illegal in Ireland.

Opinion

Column: Do we have the right to buy or sell sex?

27/09/11 2,276 Views 23 Comments

Criminalising people who pay for sex diverts attention from the real victims being exploited, argues Paul Ryan

# prostitution - Wednesday 7 September, 2011

From The Score In Demand

Booking about: Irish fans first in line for busy NZ brothels

07/09/11 1,415 Views 2 Comments

There has been no waiting around for some Irish supporters.

# prostitution - Wednesday 24 August, 2011

Human Trafficking

Six rescues and four arrests in Belfast human trafficking probe

24/08/11 97 Views No Comments

Officers from the PSNI Organised Crime Branch carry out a major sting on a human trafficking ring in Belfast.

# prostitution - Tuesday 23 August, 2011

Prostitution

Most victims of sex trafficking are African, says support group

23/08/11 419 Views 5 Comments

Ruhama’s annual report shows that the majority of women they help who were trafficked into Ireland and forced into the sex trade are African.

# prostitution - Monday 22 August, 2011

Prostitution

Prostitution on the rise in Ireland

22/08/11 1,608 Views 58 Comments

The number of women here working in the sex industry has increased by 4 per cent, according to an organisation that supports the victims of prostitution.

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Monday

22/08/11 2,431 Views 1 Comment

Nine things you should know this morning…

# prostitution - Sunday 7 August, 2011

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Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

07/08/11 1,897 Views 2 Comments

The very best of the week’s writing from around the globe.

# prostitution - Thursday 7 July, 2011

Trafficking

‘Brothel’ shutdown raises fears of human trafficking

07/07/11 691 Views 7 Comments

Gardaí raided the suspected bordello in Midleton, Co Cork this week.

# prostitution - Friday 29 April, 2011

Prostitution

Men who pay for sex ‘should be prosecuted’

29/04/11 1,093 Views 9 Comments

Public health specialist calls for men who buy sex to be prosecuted – but an organisation representing sex workers in Ireland says this is not the best approach.

# prostitution - Thursday 24 March, 2011

Prostitution

Prostitution should be legalised, says independent TD Wallace

24/03/11 1,838 Views 6 Comments

The Wexford soccer impresario says prostitutes would be better protected if their trade was not forced underground.

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Poll: Should Ireland legalise paying for sex?

24/03/11 7,510 Views 82 Comments

Independent TD Mick Wallace has said he believes prostitution – like drugs – should be legalised for better regulation.

# prostitution - Thursday 3 February, 2011

Prostitution

Christy Moore backs campaign to target men who buy sex

03/02/11 1,120 Views 3 Comments

Proposals made to prosecute who hire prostitutes – but to not criminalise the woman who sells sex.

# prostitution - Tuesday 18 January, 2011

Brothel Keeper

Brothel manager given five-year sentence

18/01/11 1,422 Views No Comments

A Dublin man who ran several brothels across Ireland has been given a five-year sentence and ordered to donate money to a charity working with victims of prostitution.

# prostitution - Monday 3 January, 2011

Sex For Sale

Law reform could make it illegal to buy – not sell – sex

03/01/11 1,013 Views No Comments

Dermot Ahern has asked the Attorney General to examine whether a Swedish-style law could cut down on Irish prostitution.

# prostitution - Thursday 4 November, 2010

Brothels

Warrants issued after gardaí uncover brothel in a Tralee hotel

04/11/10 597 Views No Comments

Two women alleged to have run brothels from separate bedrooms in the hotel failed to show up in court.

# prostitution - Wednesday 22 September, 2010

Human Trafficking

Northern Ireland acts as ‘staging post’ for trafficking

22/09/10 162 Views No Comments

Stormont justice minister appeals for men to think twice about visiting brothels.

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