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Cambodia detains Canadian tourist on child-prostitution charges

The Canadian PressMay 3, 2013 04:45
TORONTO - A Canadian tourist is awaiting trial in Cambodia after being arrested on child-prostitution charges. Officials in Siem Reap province told The Canadian Press early Friday that Vijai Indra Deo Kumar was arrested last week after he was allegedly found with a 14-year-old girl in a hotel. Chhay Long of the Anti-Trafficking Police says the prosecution has handed over the case against the 70-year-old Kumar to the court for further investigation. He says the suspect could remain in prison for up to six months before the trial begins.

Brazil prostitutes learn English for football fans

Agence France-PresseMay 2, 2013 21:45
"Good morning, girls!" Igor Fuchs exclaimed as he greeted his students at the start of English class in this southeastern Brazilian city. But this is no ordinary crowd and the curriculum, for the most part, is focused on sex props. Fuchs teaches English to prostitutes so they can give a warmer welcome to tens of thousands of football fans headed here for June's Confederations Cup, as well as next year's World Cup.

Austerity-hit London sex workers put lives at risk - study

April 12, 2013 08:15
LONDON (Reuters) - Sex workers in London are being forced to slash prices they charge clients because of the impact of the recession on the British economy and an influx of foreign competition, putting themselves at greater risk of attack, according to a report.

Canada teenage girls plead not guilty to pimping

April 8, 2013 20:45
Three teenage girls on Monday pleaded not guilty to forcing fellow suburban teens, one as young as 13, into prostitution through intimidation and blackmail in Canada's capital city. Police say the trio, who were 15-16 years old when they were arrested last June, acted on their own without adult guidance in operating a prostitution ring from a home in a middle-class neighborhood of Ottawa. The victims had been lured through social media to the residence, abducted and delivered up to adult clients, authorities allege.

Canada teenage girls plead not guilty to pimping

April 8, 2013 14:18
Three Canadian teenage girls sporting pigtails and smart attire on Monday pleaded not guilty to forcing fellow suburban teens into prostitution. Police say the trio, who were 15-16 years old when they were arrested last June, acted on their own without adult guidance in operating a prostitution ring from the home of one of their parents. They face 74 charges, including human trafficking and forcible confinement, making and distributing child pornography, assault and sexual assault, uttering threats and theft.

New Zealand bans foreign students from prostitution

March 24, 2013 22:15
International students studying in New Zealand, where prostitution is legal, have been told they are to be barred from working in the sex trade. A government immigration website, www.nzstudywork.com, said Monday overseas students have the same workplace rights as all New Zealanders, but lists jobs they cannot do. Foreign students "can't provide commercial sexual services. In other words, they can't work as a prostitute, act as an operator of a New Zealand prostitution business or invest in a prostitution business", the website said.

Amsterdam raises legal age for prostitution to 21

February 26, 2013 17:45
BRUSSELS — The city also wants brothels in Amsterdam's landmark red-light district to close between 4 a.m. and 9 a.m. on weekdays and from 5 a.m. on weekends.

Book Talk: Ordinary lives in the extraordinary world of Delhi brothels

January 17, 2013 05:30
By Atish Patel NEW DELHI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Sushma looks as if she's in her late forties but she's not sure about her real age. Her name isn't real either, just the one she goes by in New Delhi's red light district. She is among the many women, men and children living and working in brothel number 300 on Garstin Bastion Road, known as "G.B. Road," in the city's old quarters who are documented by Mayank Austen Soofi in his new book, "Nobody Can Love You More".

More US soldiers docked pay over Colombia prostitution scandal

January 11, 2013 20:45
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Another three U.S. soldiers were docked pay and reprimanded over their roles in the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia last year, the U.S. military disclosed on Friday. U.S. military troops and Secret Service agents were helping provide security arrangements for President Barack Obama before his April visit to a summit in the seaside city of Cartagena.
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