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prostitution stories: 114 news summaries

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 Berlusconi: I 
 Don't Even 
 Like Hookers 

Italian PM denies scandal, says call girls aren't to his taste

Jun 24, 09 4:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has denied that he paid prostitutes who attended parties at his official residences, reports the BBC. Berlusconi told a gossip magazine that the call girl who alleged she was paid over $1000 to sleep with him was "extremely well paid" by a political opponent... More »

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prostitution • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • call girl • prostitution scandal • Patrizia D'Addario

 Berlusconi 
 Hooker Probe 
 to Quiz 
 30 Women 

Italian PM allegedly told woman to 'wait for me in the big bed'

Jun 23, 09 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Italian prosecutors are preparing to question up to 30 women, including eastern European models, as part of a probe into the alleged procurement of prostitutes for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The sex scandal widened yesterday when a photo emerged of two young women in short dresses posing in what appears... More »

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prostitution • Italy • Silvio Berlusconi • political scandal • prostitution scandal

 Berlusconi Faces  
 Prostitution Probe 

Showgirl: I was paid to go to PM's party

Jun 18, 09 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Already in hot water for connections to an 18-year-old model, a “mock marriage,” and a party with topless women, Silvio Berlusconi is now facing a probe into allegations over whether he paid showgirls to attend parties at the Italian PM's residences, the Times of London reports. An inquiry... More »

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prostitution • investigation • Italy • probe • Silvio Berlusconi • showgirls

Spitzer Used Aliases, Paid With Money Orders: Court

Other details revealed at last sentencing

Jun 2, 09 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The takedown of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer was not politically motivated, it was revealed yesterday at the sentencing of the last Emperor’s Club VIP defendant. Rather, the IRS noticed suspicious bank transfers from Spitzer's personal account to the account of a shell company used by the prostitution... More »

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prostitution • New York • Eliot Spitzer • governor • Emperors Club • prostitution scandal

UK Dad Tries to Hire Prostitute for 14-Year-Old

Man snagged in police sting draws 10-month suspended sentence

May 15, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A UK man who confessed to trying to pick up a prostitute for his teenage son has been sentenced to 10 months in prison but won't serve time, the Daily Mail reports. The 42-year-old visited Nottingham's red-light district last year on a quest to help his son, 14,  lose... More »

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prostitution • crime • jail • arrest • Britain • Nottingham • prostitute • undercover • virginity • hooker • teenager • child • sex sting

 Craigslist Drops Erotic Ads 


May 13, 09 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Craigslist has agreed to dump its “erotic services” ads, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today. In their place will be a new employee-reviewed adult category. The site has been under pressure to act in response to the so-called "Craigslist killer" case, in which a Boston premed student... More »

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Internet • prostitution • Craigslist • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer • Jay-ZTV

You Can Dance If You Want to ... Just Not in Vietnam

Ban mulled to curb drugs, prostitution

May 11, 09 8:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vietnam is considering a measure aimed at eliminating drugs and prostitution that might seem strange to Westerners: banning dancing. The edict would only apply to karaoke bars, reports GlobalPost, and it has a surprising amount of support from people who agree that dancing in such venues is usually a cover... More »

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prostitution • Vietnam • dancing • drug use • karaoke

OPINION

Dirty Ads Make Craigslist
a Bad Citizen 


May 6, 09 1:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Craigslist ought to be prosecuted for promoting prostitution, writes David Coursey for PC World. By spreading across the country, the uber-popular classifieds site has brought “easy-access, pay-for-play communities where they clearly are not wanted.” Television was once famously called a “vast wasteland.” Well, Coursey says,... More »

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Internet • prostitution • Craigslist

SC to Craigslist: Kill Sex Ads or We Prosecute

Site has not complied with deal to curtail escort outfits: AG

May 5, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(AP) - South Carolina's top prosecutor today called on Craigslist executives to take down ads related to prostitution and pornography or face prosecution. “It appears that the management of Craigslist has knowingly allowed the site to be used for illegal and unlawful activity,” wrote Henry McMaster, South Carolina’s AG,... More »

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prostitution • Craig Newmark • South Carolina • Craigslist • classified ads • brothel • Jim Buckmaster • attorney general • sex trade • Henry McMaster

Reality-Show Brothel Offers Drew Peterson
a Pimpin' Job

Top choice Blagojevich had turned gig down

May 5, 09 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Moonlite Bunny Ranch—the legal Nevada brothel featured in HBO’s Cathouse—seems desperate to play host to a Chicagoan with reputation problems, WBBM-AM reports. After Rod Blagojevich turned down a job offer as an apprentice pimp, owner Dennis Hof has now made entreaties to murder suspect Drew Peterson—... More »

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prostitution • Illinois • Drew Peterson • brothel • Rod Blagojevich • pimp • Moonlite Bunny Ranch • Cathouse

(Newser) - As France starved under Germany’s thumb, Nazi officers showered the mademoiselles of Paris’ finest brothels with cash, chocolates, and looted art. Such “horizontal collaboration” defined the golden age of French prostitution as described in a new book, the Daily Mail reports. The author argues that, far from engaging... More »

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prostitution • France • World War II • brothel • Nazi collaborators • Nazis

ANALYSIS

Saddam Would Be Proud: Vice Is Back in Baghdad

Violence is down, allowing Baghdad to return to its old tricks

Apr 19, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Religious extremists and kidnappers are mostly gone now from Baghdad’s streets, clearing the way for the return of prostitutes and gamblers, the New York Times says. Violence—and thus nighttime curfews—in Iraq’s capital has subsided, allowing liquor stores and nightclubs to revert back to their Saddam-era numbers.... More »

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Iraq • prostitution • Baghdad • violence • nightclub • drug abuse

New England Killer Finds Victims on Craigslist

Police believe three hotel murders are related

Apr 17, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities believe a man suspected in attacks that left one woman dead and two others shaken in New England hotels found his victims through Craigslist, ABC News reports. Julissa Brisman, who advertised massage-therapy services on the site, was killed in a Boston Marriott on Tuesday; women offering similar services were... More »

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prostitution • FBI • crime • Boston • online advertising • robbery • murder • Craigslist • escort service • Marriott • online ads • classified ads • Julissa Brisman • Warwick, RI • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer

 Chimp 'Prostitutes' 
 Trade Sex for Meat 

Male chimps who shared hunt spoils had twice as many partners

Apr 8, 09 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Male chimps who get lucky hunting are a lot likelier to get lucky with female chimps if they share the spoils, a new study finds. Researchers tracked a band of chimps in the wild and found that while all were promiscuous, male hunters who shared meat—generally a rare treat... More »

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prostitution • chimpanzees • animal behavior • primates

 Nevada Lawmaker 
 Seeks Hooker Tax 

$5-per-day levy on clients proposed to boost state coffers, help sex workers

Mar 25, 09 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Nevada lawmaker is seeking a new tax on the world's oldest profession, NPR reports. Democratic State Sen. Bob Coffin has introduced a bill that would tax anybody using the services of a prostitute—in the state's 25 legal brothels or elsewhere—$5 per day, with the proceeds going to... More »

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prostitution • Nevada • brothel • taxation • Nevada Brothel Association

Brothel Battles Downturn with Flat-Rate Pass

Berlin club charges $90 for 'everything—ladies, drinks, and food'

Mar 17, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Berlin brothel is fighting world economic gloom with a special offer: a flat-rate, unlimited, all-access pass, Der Spiegel reports. For about $90, clients are free to get chummy with all the workers. Men can even bring their wives. “70 euros, that includes everything—ladies, drinks and food,”... More »

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prostitution • Berlin • brothel • economy • downturn • financial crisis

(AP) - An Illinois sheriff filed a federal lawsuit against Craigslist today, saying the popular online classifieds site promotes and facilitates prostitution on a massive scale. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart wants Craigslist to eliminate its "erotic services" section, suggesting that many of the section's ads are blatant solicitations for prostitution.... More »

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prostitution • sex • Craigslist

Busted Teen 'Madam' Rips Pimp Charges

Ariz. 16-year-old denies running ring, says she was only a follower

Feb 26, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - A 16-year-old girl charged with running a child prostitution ring calls the charges "ridiculous," the Arizona Republic reports. The girl and a pal were the madams of a ring that recruited girls as young as 14 to have sex for money, according to Phoenix police. "We have... More »

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prostitution • child prostitution • prostitution ring • teenager • pimp • madams

Spitzer Got 'Too Rough' During Sex: Madam

And was 'real weasel'
about not using
condoms: book

Feb 6, 09 4:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Ouch. Bounced New York Gov. Eliot Sptizer was "rough and too aggressive" during sex and a "real weasel" about not using condoms, Manhattan madam Kristin Davis spills in her tell-all book online, the Daily News reports. The guv was "good for a call at least once a... More »

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prostitution • Eliot Spitzer • Kristin Davis • online book • madams • prostitution scandal • book deal

 Brothels to Nevada: 
 Tax Us, Please 

Brothel owners see taxes as insurance to keep them legal

Jan 26, 09 3:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Nevada's brothel owners are offering to fork over tax money to the state to help cover its debts—but legislators are reluctant to increase the state's involvement in the $50-million-a-year sex business, reports the New York Times. Nevada's 25 legal brothels pay hefty taxes to their home counties, but are... More »

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prostitution • taxes • Las Vegas • Nevada • Reno • brothel • sex industry • Nevada Brothel Association • Moonlite Bunny Ranch • Shady Lady Ranch

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