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# sex-trafficking - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
What we know so far: Jeffrey Epstein's death and the case that was building against him
The billionaire was due to go on trial before his death on Saturday.
# sex-trafficking - Monday 8 July, 2019
US hedge fund billionaire Jeffrey Epstein charged with sex trafficking minors
Epstein was convicted previously of paying young girls for sexual massages at his mansion.
# sex-trafficking - Sunday 7 July, 2019
US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein arrested on sex trafficking charges, local media report
Epstein, a wealth hedge fund manager, was arrested at a New Jersey airport yesterday after arriving from Paris.
# sex-trafficking - Thursday 20 June, 2019
US report criticises Ireland's 'insufficient efforts' to tackle human trafficking
The report published by the US State Department noted Ireland’s use of direct provision centres to accommodate ‘traumatised victims’.
# sex-trafficking - Wednesday 29 May, 2019
23 trafficking victims who came from abroad helped by Immigrant Council of Ireland last year
That’s according to the Council’s impact report for 2018, which has been published today.
# sex-trafficking - Tuesday 13 November, 2018
Report on Ireland's sex industry: 'Highly organised, thriving in every county'
A report compared the legislative approaches in six EU countries to tackling human trafficking in prostitution.
# sex-trafficking - Friday 19 October, 2018
Children are being trafficked into Ireland by their own families for exploitation by the sex trade
The majority of the ringleaders of child trafficking into the EU are female according to Europol.
# sex-trafficking - Monday 18 June, 2018
Irish service supported 109 people affected by sex trafficking last year
The nationalities that had the highest access rate to Ruhama’s casework service were Nigerian (63 cases) and Irish (41)
# sex-trafficking - Saturday 21 April, 2018
Smallville actress charged for alleged sex trafficking role in cult-like group
Women were recruited to the purported self-help group which forced them to have sex with its leader.
# sex-trafficking - Tuesday 28 November, 2017
Harvey Weinstein sued for alleged 'sex trafficking' in Cannes
Aspiring British actress Kadian Noble has accused Weinstein of inviting her to a hotel room in France and sexually assaulting her.
# sex-trafficking - Monday 28 August, 2017
'Most prostitution here is run by organised crime gangs': Irish service helped 92 victims of sex trafficking in 2016
Ruhama worked with 304 women of 37 nationalities last year.
# sex-trafficking - Tuesday 31 January, 2017
Mother accused of forcing woman to have sex with men is acquitted over 'conflict in the evidence'
Joy Imasogie had pleaded not guilty.
# sex-trafficking - Saturday 29 October, 2016
Man due in Dublin court as part of four-year sex trafficking probe
In 2012, gardaí identified a number of Polish women as victims of sexual exploitation.
# sex-trafficking - Monday 17 October, 2016
'One woman didn't even know she was in Ireland': The reality of being sold for sex
Women are trafficked across countries and continents – some having been sold by family members or friends.
# sex-trafficking - Thursday 6 October, 2016
US authorities charge 17 people with sex trafficking of hundreds of women
“The 17 people charged in this indictment ran a highly-sophisticated sextrafficking scheme,” a US attorney said.
# sex-trafficking - Sunday 18 September, 2016
'The ugly truth about prostitution is that without various forms of force it would collapse'
Former sex workers are calling on the government to pass the Sexual Offences Bill which would make buying sex illegal.
# sex-trafficking - Monday 11 January, 2016
Woman forced to work in Irish brothel to 'repay her debt'
It was the group’s second busiest year since it began working in the area a decade ago.
# sex-trafficking - Monday 7 December, 2015
'This Christmas Day there will be women in brothels around the country'
Prostitution charity Ruhama found an increase in the women accessing its services last year.
# sex-trafficking - Monday 27 July, 2015
Sex traffickers 'controlled victims using voodoo'
They resorted to “traditional Juju voodoo practices, including animal sacrifices” to control their victims.
# sex-trafficking - Tuesday 23 December, 2014
'Sex trafficked teens promised new life but dream becomes nightmare at Dublin Airport'
The Immigrant Council of Ireland says the past year has been its busiest to date in terms of sex trafficking cases.
# sex-trafficking - Thursday 27 November, 2014
New law means electronic tagging for some sex offenders
There has been a wide welcome for new offences against child grooming and buying sex.
# sex-trafficking - Thursday 6 November, 2014
Clever campaign uses Tinder to tell men about Irish sex trafficking
Have you swiped on this profile?
# sex-trafficking - Tuesday 14 October, 2014
Irish health care professionals are not able to identify sex trafficking victims
A study has found that there are no Irish guidelines to assist health care professionals.
# sex-trafficking - Monday 22 September, 2014
Sex trafficking victims 'in danger of abuse in Direct Provision'
That’s according to agencies who have contacted the Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald.
# sex-trafficking - Tuesday 24 June, 2014
FBI rescue 168 children from child sex trafficking and arrest 281 pimps
The arrests were part of a week-long enforcement by the FBI.
# sex-trafficking - Thursday 12 June, 2014
Gardaí believe sex traffickers use voodoo rituals on their victims
Seven victims of human trafficking were identified in Ireland over the past 48 hours.
# sex-trafficking - Thursday 27 March, 2014
EU Commissioner calls for continued pressure by police to combat sex trafficking
Cecilia Malmström made the call in a pre-recorded address to a major conference of trafficking experts being held in Dublin.
# sex-trafficking - Monday 9 December, 2013
Couple who ran London prostitution ring to be sentenced today
Officers found 120 phones, 50 Polish identity cards and £24,000 in cash in the home of a couple who admit forcing women into prostitution.
# sex-trafficking - Friday 29 November, 2013
Column: We have glimpsed the human misery which fills the pockets of Europe’s pimps and traffickers
We cannot pretend trafficking does not exist. Today experts from across the EU will meet for discussions in Dublin to support victims and bring the organised gangs to justice, writes Denise Charlton.
# sex-trafficking - Thursday 7 November, 2013
Seven per cent increase in women affected by prostitution seeking support
Ruhama, which supports women affected by sex trafficking and prostitution, helped 258 people last year — providing services to women from 32 different nationalities.
# sex-trafficking - Tuesday 22 October, 2013
Here’s What Happened Today: Tuesday
Everyone’s talking about the pensioners’ protest, a little girl taken from a Roma family in Dublin and the NSA spying on the French.
# sex-trafficking - Monday 21 October, 2013
The 5 at 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# sex-trafficking - Friday 27 September, 2013
45 people, including 23 children, were trafficked into Ireland last year
In 39 cases, those trafficked were subject to sexual exploitation.
# sex-trafficking - Thursday 27 June, 2013
Buying sex should be a crime, selling it should not - Oireachtas committee
Recommendations that shift the onus on to people who pay for and organise prostitution are welcomed by prostitution support charity Ruhama.
# sex-trafficking - Friday 3 May, 2013
TDs to debate plans to 'name and shame' those who pay for sex
Thomas Pringle has plans to change the current system, which makes it illegal only to solicit prostitution but not to buy it.
# sex-trafficking - Monday 8 April, 2013
Campaign against sex-trafficking targets potential punters
‘Real Men Don’t Buy Girls’ is the message of the major social media programme.
# sex-trafficking - Monday 11 February, 2013
One in four sex buyers have met trafficked, controlled or underage females - survey
The news comes as part of an online survey that was conducted by the Immigrant Council of Ireland.
# sex-trafficking - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Barnardos highlights problem of 'loverboys' in child prostitution
June Tinsely of Barnardos said young men who act as boyfriends to teenage girls coerce them into having sex with other men.
# sex-trafficking - Thursday 18 October, 2012
Sex trafficking numbers 'tip of the iceberg'
Over 1,000 women for sale on the internet in Ireland, TheJournal.ie told, but few go to police.
# sex-trafficking - Thursday 28 June, 2012
Government urged to make paying for sex illegal in Ireland
A conference in Dublin today will hear that 97 per cent of those working in the prostitution industry in Ireland are migrants.
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Poll: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin went head-to-head in the first live televised election debate last night where a range of issues from healthcare to housing were discussed.
One moment that set people talking was towards the end of the debate when presenter Pat Kenny asked each of the candidates if they have ever used illegal drugs.
While Martin instantly replied that he has never taken illegal drugs, Varadkar said he already answered this question in an interview several years ago. After he was pressed for an answer from Kenny and Martin, Varadkar admitted he had used illegal drugs but said it was “obviously a long time ago.”
Speaking on the Tonight Show after the debate, Fr Peter McVerry dismissed it as a pointless question, adding that only people buying drugs regularly should have to account for their moral decision.
It is clear that a wider debate is to be had around personal drug use and how much of this should be shared by those running for elected office.
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Lise Hand: Will they? Won't they? Shades of Love Island as big parties can't avoid recoupling talk
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