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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 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

 Heady Times for 
 DC Hookers, 
 Coke Dealers 

Both are booming as tourists flock to inauguration

Jan 19, 09 10:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has already done his part to boost the economy—for Washington’s prostitutes and drug dealers, who tell New York they’re experiencing quite the boom in business thanks to inauguration travelers. Some prostitutes came into town specifically for the event and are already “pretty booked up;... More »

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Barack Obama • prostitution • drugs • tourism • Washington DC • cocaine • sex • drug dealing • prostitute • inauguration • sex trade • President Obama • Inauguration Day

Ex-Prostitutes: 
S. Korea Pimped Us to US GIs

Seoul, US military encouraged a thriving sex trade for decades

Jan 8, 09 6:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Even as Seoul railed against Japan's WWII-era enslavement of "comfort women," it systematically pimped Korean women to US soldiers stationed there for decades after the Korean War, say a group of former prostitutes. Working with the US military, the South Korean government encouraged a thriving sex trade—giving... More »

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prostitution • South Korea • US military • Korean War • brothel • prostitute

BOOK REVIEW

Joy of Sex Gets A Makeover

Revised edition loses 'frigidity', tackles AIDS and Viagra, and a woman's viewpoint

Dec 18, 08 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - In 1972, The Joy of Sex became a fixture of bedside tables across America and spent 343 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. Now comes a revised version of the book that includes all we’ve learned about sex since the 1970s, reports the Times—including entries on... More »

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prostitution • sex • The Joy of Sex • Dr. Comfort • G spot • clitoris

As Potent Sex Trade Fizzles, Czechs Look to Legalize

Czech Republic, hotbed of sex tourism, sees numbers drop

Dec 9, 08 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - In the Czech Republic, prostitution is somewhere between legal and illegal—which has made Prague one of the biggest sex tourism hotspots in Europe. But a global recession, coupled with a strong local currency, has led to a sharp drop in the world's oldest profession. The hotel industry is so... More »

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prostitution • Czech Republic • Prague • sex trade • sex tourism

Amsterdam to Halve Brothels, Marijuana Shops

City to become all around less fun

Dec 6, 08 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Apparently being the world’s sex and drugs capital isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Amsterdam is hoping to shut down about half of its brothels and half its marijuana shops, the Daily Telegraph reports. Already this year, 109 of the city’s 482 sex “... More »

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prostitution • drugs • Netherlands • marijuana • Amsterdam

Ashley Dupre Moving On
From 'Many Mistakes'

Ex-call girl gives first TV interview since Spitzer sex scandal

Nov 22, 08 9:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Ashley Dupre presented herself in a primetime interview last night as a normal girl who made some misguided decisions. The woman whose tryst with Eliot Spitzer wrecked his career told ABC's Diane Sawyer she drifted into the escort business as a "naive" and "careless" 19-year-old, just 2 years... More »

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prostitution • Eliot Spitzer • political scandal • Diane Sawyer • Ashley Dupre

 UK to Slap Johns With Rape 

Crackdown targets those who deal with trafficked prostitutes

Nov 19, 08 11:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Lay a finger on a trafficked sex worker, and the Brits will slap you with rape and toss you in the clink, reports the BBC. New laws will make it a criminal offense in England and Wales to pay for sex with prostitutes controlled by pimps, as Britain's Home secretary... More »

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prostitution • crime • England • rape • Wales • Britain • brothel • pimp

Craigslist to Crack Down
on Online Prostitution

Site takes steps to make sure authorities can trace those posting ads

Nov 6, 08 4:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Craigslist agreed today to crack down on prostitutes using the site to drum up business, Bloomberg reports. The online ad service agreed with 40 states to require that anyone who advertises in its notorious “erotic services” section submit a valid phone number and pay a small fee via credit... More »

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prostitution • crime • Craigslist • prostitute

 Brothels Screwed by Economy 

Even sex isn't selling as truckers losing 'play money' bypass Nevada brothels

Nov 4, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The flagging economy is threatening to send Nevada's whorehouses to the poorhouse, the Los Angeles Times reports. Managers of some of the state's 25 legal brothels say they have no shortage of newcomers—some as old as 74—wishing to enter the world's oldest profession, but food and fuel prices... More »

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prostitution • recession • US economy • Nevada • brothel • prostitute • sex trade • sex industry

San Francisco May Soon Be Hooker Haven

Proposed law would ban cops from
arresting prostitutes

Oct 22, 08 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco could soon become the first major city in the US where prostitutes won't be arrested, the AP reports. The city votes next month on the controversial Proposition K to decriminalize sex work. The measure won't actually legalize the trade, but will forbid local law enforcement from investigating or... More »

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prostitution • San Francisco • human trafficking • prostitute • sex trade

OPINION

Is Pornography Adultery? Time to Sharpen the Debate

Smut may be losing its stigma, but at what price to marriage and our own decency?

Sep 14, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Does looking at pornography constitute cheating? If so, a lot of men are in trouble in today's age of instant access. Ross Douthat explores the issue in the Atlantic and finds the extremes of the argument unhelpful. No, digital smut won't bring about the end of civilization, but don't be... More »

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Internet • prostitution • women • men • marriage • pornography • infidelity • adultery

 PI: Mob Took Down Spitzer

a PI suspects sex scandal was Gambino paypack

Aug 28, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new epilogue to the best-selling book King of the Club suggests that Eliot Spitzer’s political and personal downfall was payback by the mafia, the New York Post reports. "I think it's the Gambinos," a private eye tells CNBC's Charles Gasparino in his book’s paperback edition.... More »

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prostitution • conspiracy • Eliot Spitzer • Mafia • Gambino crime family • Ashley Dupre

Madam Pleads Guilty in Spitzer Case

No charges yet for ex-governor

Aug 25, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(AP) - A woman accused of helping arrange trysts between pricey escorts and their customers has pleaded guilty in the prostitution scandal that forced Eliot Spitzer to step down as governor of New York. Thirty-six-year-old Tanya Hollander pleaded today to a charge of conspiracy to violate the travel act. It's against the... More »

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prostitution • Eliot Spitzer • New York state • prostitution scandal

'DC Madam' Mom Sues to Stop Release of Suicide Photos

Says disclosure is an invasion of privacy

Aug 7, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The mother of 'DC Madam' Deborah Jeane Palfrey is suing to stop police from releasing photos of her daughter's suicide scene, the St. Petersburg Times reports. A public records law allows disclosure, but the Blanche Palfrey's attorney argues it's "inappropriate, unacceptable, and personally harmful." The late Palfrey... More »

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suicide • prostitution • DC Madam • Deborah Jeane Palfrey • lawsuit • photograph

Cops Name Model in
Brothel Bust

Swedish bombshell operating as 'house mother' at NY strip club

Jul 29, 08 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - NYPD vice unit cops have busted 23-year-old model Sabrina Johansson for allegedly helping run a brothel out of an upscale Manhattan strip club, the New York Daily News reports. Police claim Johansson, who has appeared in an Avril Lavigne music video as well as on the Tyra Banks Show, was... More »

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prostitution • New York City • model • stripper • Sabrina Johannson

NY Billionaire Guilty on Hooker Charges

Epstein starts jail term for hiring teen, who serves him with suit

Jun 30, 08 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manhattan banker and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida today to hiring an underage prostitute, and began serving an 18-month sentence. A year of house arrest and a life on the national sex offender list will follow. "They will be tracking you for the rest of your life,... More »

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prostitution • court • underage sex • sex crime • prostitute • bankers • sentence

Metro Workers Busted in Transit Sex Ring

Station manager used loudspeaker to arrange business: cop

Jun 27, 08 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two workers in the Washington Metro transit system have been busted for running a prostitution ring from one of the train stations, and using a loudspeaker to arrange a tryst, according to police. One of the staffers, a station manager, advertised available "sexual pleasures" in flyers, reports Fox TV.... More »

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prostitution • crime • Washington DC • metro

 Miami Cops Bust
 'Brothel on Wheels' 

Six face charges of prostitution and violating dance hall ordinance

Jun 26, 08 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world's oldest profession has long since gone online, but Miami police have charged six people with putting it on wheels, the Miami Herald reports. A rolling brothel, a huge limo-bus with a tractor-trailer cab, picked up three undercover cops Sunday morning, offering an all-you-can-drink ride for $40. Once aboard,... More »

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prostitution • Miami • brothel

FBI Busts Child Prostitution Networks

It rescues 21 kids, arrests hundreds of adults in 16 cities

Jun 25, 08 9:29 PM CDT
(AP) - Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution. In all, authorities arrested 345 people, including 290 adult prostitutes, during the operation that ended this week in 16 major cities. "... More »

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prostitution • FBI • child prostitution • prostitution ring • Robert Meuller

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