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Thursday 17 June 2021
The singer has been held in Chicago where he faces a separate trial.
Lawyers for the prince had said the royal had offered assistance at least three times this year.
The billionaire was due to go on trial before his death on Saturday.
Epstein was convicted previously of paying young girls for sexual massages at his mansion.
Epstein, a wealth hedge fund manager, was arrested at a New Jersey airport yesterday after arriving from Paris.
The report published by the US State Department noted Ireland’s use of direct provision centres to accommodate ‘traumatised victims’.
That’s according to the Council’s impact report for 2018, which has been published today.
A report compared the legislative approaches in six EU countries to tackling human trafficking in prostitution.
The majority of the ringleaders of child trafficking into the EU are female according to Europol.
The nationalities that had the highest access rate to Ruhama’s casework service were Nigerian (63 cases) and Irish (41)
Women were recruited to the purported self-help group which forced them to have sex with its leader.
Aspiring British actress Kadian Noble has accused Weinstein of inviting her to a hotel room in France and sexually assaulting her.
Ruhama worked with 304 women of 37 nationalities last year.
Joy Imasogie had pleaded not guilty.
In 2012, gardaí identified a number of Polish women as victims of sexual exploitation.
Women are trafficked across countries and continents – some having been sold by family members or friends.
“The 17 people charged in this indictment ran a highly-sophisticated sextrafficking scheme,” a US attorney said.
Former sex workers are calling on the government to pass the Sexual Offences Bill which would make buying sex illegal.
It was the group’s second busiest year since it began working in the area a decade ago.
Prostitution charity Ruhama found an increase in the women accessing its services last year.
They resorted to “traditional Juju voodoo practices, including animal sacrifices” to control their victims.
The Immigrant Council of Ireland says the past year has been its busiest to date in terms of sex trafficking cases.
There has been a wide welcome for new offences against child grooming and buying sex.
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A study has found that there are no Irish guidelines to assist health care professionals.
That’s according to agencies who have contacted the Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald.
The arrests were part of a week-long enforcement by the FBI.
Seven victims of human trafficking were identified in Ireland over the past 48 hours.
Cecilia Malmström made the call in a pre-recorded address to a major conference of trafficking experts being held in Dublin.
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.
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.
Ruhama, which supports women affected by sex trafficking and prostitution, helped 258 people last year — providing services to women from 32 different nationalities.
Everyone’s talking about the pensioners’ protest, a little girl taken from a Roma family in Dublin and the NSA spying on the French.
In 39 cases, those trafficked were subject to sexual exploitation.
Recommendations that shift the onus on to people who pay for and organise prostitution are welcomed by prostitution support charity Ruhama.
Thomas Pringle has plans to change the current system, which makes it illegal only to solicit prostitution but not to buy it.
‘Real Men Don’t Buy Girls’ is the message of the major social media programme.
The news comes as part of an online survey that was conducted by the Immigrant Council of Ireland.
June Tinsely of Barnardos said young men who act as boyfriends to teenage girls coerce them into having sex with other men.
ALMOST ONE-THIRD of the nation is feeling nervous about being able to meet up with people indoors as Covid-19 restrictions ease, according to new polling Red C on behalf of The Journal.
It is anticipated that bars and restaurants will be permitted to reopen for indoor services from 5 July, and that a maximum of 50 people will be permitted to attend organised indoor events at the majority of venues.
A maximum of 100 people will also be able to attend events in larger venues with strict public health measures in place.
In the meantime, current Covid-19 guidelines outline that up to six people are able to meet indoors or outdoors while maintaining a physical distance of at least two metres.
So today we’re asking: Have you socialised with other people yet?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Lorna Bogue says the writing is on the wall for the ‘charade’ that is Ireland as a tax haven.
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