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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: sex trade

sex trade stories: 8 news summaries

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

 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

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

 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

 Afghan Sex
 Trade Thrives
 Despite Taboos 

900 foreigners hustle in Kabul brothels, but locals do it secretly

Jun 15, 08 5:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sex is selling in Afghanistan despite Islamic laws that make prostitution punishable by death, the AP reports. At least 900 women do it in Kabul, but residents admit only to brothels full of Chinese prostitutes; to be a native Afghan hooker is "very, very bad," one expert said.... More »

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Afghanistan • prostitution • Kabul • child prostitution • sex trade

 UK Balks at Hooters' Expansion 

Opponents say chain will encourage broader sex industry

Apr 11, 08 7:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some Britons are choking on Hooters' plan to serve up another 35 locations in the UK, the Guardian reports. Britain has one so far, but feminists are already accusing the chain of importing misogyny and sexist entertainment with its chicken wings. "Without the sexualised waiters and the soft porn... More »

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stag parties • sexism • restaurant • strip club • Hooters • Britain • misogyny • sex trade • sex industry

movie review

 Faithfull Shines in Irina Palm

1960s icon plays a grandma-turned-sex-worker

Mar 21, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Irina Palm, about a frumpy grandmother who resorts to prostitution so she can pay for her desperately ill grandson's operation, is winning over critics, both because of its unsentimental portrayal of the sex trade and because of the performance given by its star, singer/songwriter/actress and '60s icon Marianne Faithfull. More »

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health care costs • prostitution • independent film • movie review • movies • Marianne Faithfull • sex trade

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