FBI Busts Child Prostitution Networks

Anne Sinclair is fed up, friends say

(NEWSER) - Anne Sinclair stuck by Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s side throughout sex scandals in the US and France , but she might finally be at the end of her rope. The former IMF head was last month linked to a French prostitution network , and now his wife is considering divorce, the Telegraph reports, citing media reports in France. One insider confirms they "are thinking about (divorce or separation), that’s for sure." Sinclair is fed up with the "pathetic" revelations that keep coming out about DSK, friends add, and wants her husband to repay the hundreds of thousands of dollars she spent on his legal defense in NYC. More»

Rich Wall Street clients made up clientele: district attorney

(NEWSER) - Police say they have broken up a prostitution ring whose Wall Street clients paid some $10,000 a night. Cops arrested 17 of those running “High Class NY,” based out of an office in Brooklyn, on drug, prostitution, corruption, and money-laundering charges. They face up to 25 years in prison. The ring, which a DA said drew “high-end customers coming from the financial markets,” scored some $7 million over three years, charging between $400 and $3,600 an hour, the Wall Street Journal reports. Clients could reportedly get drugs upon request. More»

Former University of New Mexico prez arrested

(NEWSER) - Academia apparently wasn't spicy enough for a pair of university professors accused of running an online prostitution ring. F. Chris Garcia, a political science professor and former president of the University of New Mexico, and David Flory, a physics professor at New Jersey's Fairleigh Dickinson University, have been arrested for their part in a scheme that police say involved 200 prostitutes in several Southwestern states, the AP reports. More»

And separately, FBI arrests 99 pimps, frees 69 child prostitutes

(AP) - Two major victories against child prostitution today: Twenty-nine people have been indicted in a sex trafficking ring in which Somali gangs in Minneapolis allegedly forced girls under age 14 into prostitution in at least three states, according to an indictment unsealed today. The indictment said one of the gangs' goals was recruiting females under age 18, including some under age 14, and forcing them into prostitution in exchange for cash, drugs, or other items. More»

You know, just in case CNN gig falls through

(NEWSER) - Eliot Spitzer is rumored to be a possible replacement for Campbell Brown on CNN , and in case he doesn’t get that job, Olivia Allin of The Frisky suggests 10 alternatives:

• Britney Spears’ assistant: “The logic here would be that since he’s apparently attracted to sexual young women, Britney could scare him off of that addiction”—and he could help her regain control of her life in the process.
• Unpaid prostitute: “Wouldn’t it be cool if Spitzer were forced to sleep with people he wasn’t attracted to?”