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NYC politics

NYC police begin knocking down the doors of illegal brothels, starting in Queens

The New York City police targeted six establishments engaged in prostitution in Queens.

The conditions inside the establishments were described as inhumane and indicated sex trafficking was taking place. [ more ]

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Canada news

JPMorgan Chase settles lawsuit filed by Jeffrey Epstein victim | CBC News

JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed in principle to settle a class-action lawsuit with a victim of Jeffrey Epstein, the bank said in a statement on Monday.The settlement resolves one claim against the largest U.S. bank in a proposed class action by women who say Epstein abused them, and by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned two neighbouring islands and allegedly abused victims in his mansion.

Boston.com

Boston

Worcester couple facing sex trafficking charges

A Worcester husband and wife have been arrested in connection with several sex trafficking charges.Kiersten Soto, 29, and Moises Soto, 30, allegedly trafficked a victim for commercial sex in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island from February through May of this year, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn

Two indicted with sex trafficking after allegedly forcing 16-year-old into prostitution in East New York: DA * Brooklyn Paper

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Two people have been indicted for allegedly sex trafficking a sixteen-year-old girl in East New York last summer, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Thursday.

New York Post

3 months ago

New York City

Suspected MS-13 gangbanger allegedly sex trafficked underage migrant in NYC after jumping bail in child abuse case

Suspected MS-13 gang member accused of sex trafficking a migrant girl. Facing charges of child exploitation and promoting prostitution.

Allegedly exploited a 17-year-old, coerced her into prostitution, and engaged in sexual activities with her, as well as patronizing prostitution. [ more ]

Fox News

NYC politics

NYC police begin knocking down the doors of illegal brothels, starting in Queens

The New York City police targeted six establishments engaged in prostitution in Queens.

The conditions inside the establishments were described as inhumane and indicated sex trafficking was taking place. [ more ]

www.cbc.ca

Canada news

JPMorgan Chase settles lawsuit filed by Jeffrey Epstein victim | CBC News

JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed in principle to settle a class-action lawsuit with a victim of Jeffrey Epstein, the bank said in a statement on Monday.The settlement resolves one claim against the largest U.S. bank in a proposed class action by women who say Epstein abused them, and by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned two neighbouring islands and allegedly abused victims in his mansion.

Boston.com

Boston

Worcester couple facing sex trafficking charges

A Worcester husband and wife have been arrested in connection with several sex trafficking charges.Kiersten Soto, 29, and Moises Soto, 30, allegedly trafficked a victim for commercial sex in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island from February through May of this year, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn

Two indicted with sex trafficking after allegedly forcing 16-year-old into prostitution in East New York: DA * Brooklyn Paper

File photo by Colin Mixson
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Two people have been indicted for allegedly sex trafficking a sixteen-year-old girl in East New York last summer, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Thursday.

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BKReader

3 months ago

Brooklyn

Court Indicts MTA Worker Accused of Operating Brothel in Greenpoint Residence

A 46-year-old man indicted for running a brothel in Brooklyn apartment

Charged with multiple counts of promoting and permitting prostitution [ more ]

www.dw.com

Germany news

Germany's Scholz: prostitution not acceptable DW 11/15/2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for a clamp-down on prostitution and further legal restrictions.

Prostitution is currently legal in Germany, but there are calls for a ban on the purchase of sex by customers. [ more ]

www.dw.com

Germany news

Germany's Scholz: prostitution not acceptable DW 11/15/2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for a clamp-down on prostitution and further legal restrictions.

Prostitution is currently legal in Germany, but there are calls for a ban on the purchase of sex by customers. [ more ]

BKReader

3 months ago

Brooklyn

Court Indicts MTA Worker Accused of Operating Brothel in Greenpoint Residence

A 46-year-old man indicted for running a brothel in Brooklyn apartment

Charged with multiple counts of promoting and permitting prostitution [ more ]

www.dw.com

Germany news

Germany's Scholz: prostitution not acceptable DW 11/15/2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for a clamp-down on prostitution and further legal restrictions.

Prostitution is currently legal in Germany, but there are calls for a ban on the purchase of sex by customers. [ more ]

www.dw.com

Germany news

Germany's Scholz: prostitution not acceptable DW 11/15/2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for a clamp-down on prostitution and further legal restrictions.

Prostitution is currently legal in Germany, but there are calls for a ban on the purchase of sex by customers. [ more ]

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#human-trafficking

www.france24.com

Germany politics

Reporters - Legal prostitution in Germany: A failure?

Legalization of prostitution in Germany is being debated for reform by the conservative opposition.

Majority of women in prostitution in Germany are controlled by pimps. [ more ]

Nytimes

New York City

Amid Scrutiny of N.Y.P.D.'s Sex Crimes Unit, Discipline for Two Former Supervisors

Two former supervisors in the Police Department's troubled sex-crimes division were disciplined in recent months amid an internal affairs investigation into misconduct by the unit's leadership, according to department records posted online.

www.france24.com

Germany politics

Reporters - Legal prostitution in Germany: A failure?

Legalization of prostitution in Germany is being debated for reform by the conservative opposition.

Majority of women in prostitution in Germany are controlled by pimps. [ more ]

Nytimes

New York City

Amid Scrutiny of N.Y.P.D.'s Sex Crimes Unit, Discipline for Two Former Supervisors

Two former supervisors in the Police Department's troubled sex-crimes division were disciplined in recent months amid an internal affairs investigation into misconduct by the unit's leadership, according to department records posted online.

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www.npr.org

Law

New DOJ watchdog report details FBI officials' misconduct with foreign prostitutes

Six FBI officials working overseas solicited or had sex with prostitutes and were not forthcoming when questioned by investigators.

The report reveals details of the officials engaging in activities that violated Justice Department and FBI policies and exposed them to possible extortion and blackmail. [ more ]

#sex-workers

www.independent.co.uk

UK news

Online safety bill could put sex workers lives at risk, politicians warn

The Online Safety Bill in the UK could push sex workers into more dangerous situations

Removing online adverts can lead to sex workers resorting to street-based prostitution [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

Wellness

Don't Call Me by My Real Name

Clients love to ask sex workers, What's your real name?It's a power move.I know you contain multitudes is what they mean, and I have the right to see.They paid, after all.The clients who asked this question of me were usually the type who had tricked themselves into believing that we had a personal relationship a romantic one, or a sexual one they wouldn't have to pay for had we met under different circumstances.

www.independent.co.uk

UK news

Man and woman remanded in custody over brothel charges

A man and a woman have been remanded in custody over charges related to brothels, human trafficking and money laundering.Gerald Corrigan, 62, of Park View, Pomeroy, Co Tyrone and Mavie Martins Mariano, 47, of Rockview Crescent, Belleeks, Co Armagh appeared separately via videolink before Dungannon Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

Mission Local

Mission District

After 2-year lapse, police promise prostitution crackdown on SF's Capp Street

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LGBTQ Nation

LGBT

Police are four times more likely to stop transgender people for "reasonable suspicion"

A new draft report from the California Attorney General's office indicates transgender people in the state are stopped by police at vastly different rates than cisgender men and women.

www.independent.co.uk

UK news

Online safety bill could put sex workers lives at risk, politicians warn

The Online Safety Bill in the UK could push sex workers into more dangerous situations

Removing online adverts can lead to sex workers resorting to street-based prostitution [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

Wellness

Don't Call Me by My Real Name

Clients love to ask sex workers, What's your real name?It's a power move.I know you contain multitudes is what they mean, and I have the right to see.They paid, after all.The clients who asked this question of me were usually the type who had tricked themselves into believing that we had a personal relationship a romantic one, or a sexual one they wouldn't have to pay for had we met under different circumstances.

www.independent.co.uk

UK news

Man and woman remanded in custody over brothel charges

A man and a woman have been remanded in custody over charges related to brothels, human trafficking and money laundering.Gerald Corrigan, 62, of Park View, Pomeroy, Co Tyrone and Mavie Martins Mariano, 47, of Rockview Crescent, Belleeks, Co Armagh appeared separately via videolink before Dungannon Magistrate's Court on Wednesday.

Mission Local

Mission District

After 2-year lapse, police promise prostitution crackdown on SF's Capp Street

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LGBTQ Nation

LGBT

Police are four times more likely to stop transgender people for "reasonable suspicion"

A new draft report from the California Attorney General's office indicates transgender people in the state are stopped by police at vastly different rates than cisgender men and women.

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New York Post

New York City

NYPD busts 12 brothels rife with 'inhumane conditions' on Queens commercial strip: cops

The NYPD conducted a weeklong operation to bust a dozen brothels posing as massage parlors in Queens, citing allegations of illegal prostitution activity and inhumane conditions.

The operations resulted in the temporary closure of the establishments, but no arrests were made as the focus was on providing assistance to the sex workers involved. [ more ]

New York Post

New York City

Fear and Loathing at Floyd Bennett Field: Neighbors fume migrants' arrival brought 'lawlessness'

Increased crime rates and lawlessness have been reported in the communities near Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field since 2,000 migrants were moved there.

Residents have observed shoplifting, panhandling, gutter scams, and signs of street prostitution in the area.

Some migrants are engaging in scams like pretending to get injured in traffic accidents and extorting money from drivers. [ more ]

Mission Local

6 months ago

Mission District

SF 'playing Whac-a-mole' with prostitution in Mission District

Residents of Shotwell Street are experiencing an increase in prostitution activity and tensions since the closure of Capp Street to through traffic.

Residents have safety concerns and are facing threats and property damage as a result of the influx of sex workers and johns to their neighborhood. [ more ]

Chicago Tribune

6 months ago

Chicago

Chicago man accused of forcing women into prostitution

A Chicago man accused of forcing women into prostitution and abusing them will remain in jail until trial.

The man, Heggie Carr, faces charges of involuntary servitude and human trafficking. [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

New York City

A Dying Anticorruption Crusader Considers His Life's Own Misdeeds

Chuwit Kamolvisit, known for his anticorruption crusade, was a former super pimp in Thailand.

Chuwit used his insider knowledge of bribery schemes to expose corruption in the police force.

Chuwit's sensational descriptions of official malfeasance captivated the Thai public and he now has his own talk show. [ more ]

#Olaf Scholz

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Germany news

German chancellor says sex work is unacceptable DW 11/15/2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for further legal restrictions on sex work in Germany

Scholz believes the sale of sex is not acceptable and should not be normalized [ more ]

www.dw.com

Germany news

German chancellor says sex work is unacceptable DW 11/15/2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for further legal restrictions on sex work in Germany

Scholz believes the sale of sex is not acceptable and should not be normalized [ more ]

www.dw.com

Germany news

German chancellor says sex work is unacceptable DW 11/15/2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for further legal restrictions on sex work in Germany

Scholz believes the sale of sex is not acceptable and should not be normalized [ more ]

www.dw.com

Germany news

German chancellor says sex work is unacceptable DW 11/15/2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls for further legal restrictions on sex work in Germany

Scholz believes the sale of sex is not acceptable and should not be normalized [ more ]

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PARIS BY MOUTH | Where to eat in Paris

Paris

Palais Royal Restaurant | PARIS BY MOUTH

The Palais Royal Restaurant is tucked into the northeast corner of the Palais Royal gardens near the Louvre.The interior looks like a hotel restaurant (it is), and doesn't hold much charm.During the summer months, however, white linen tables are set up outside under the same lovely arcades that hosted Paris' first restaurants (and prostitution) centuries ago.

www.theguardian.com

Books

The Guest by Emma Cline review strange depths and an arresting originality

Published in the run-up to summer, Emma Cline's second novel is probably what people mean when they talk about a beach read.Whereas her 2016 debut, The Girls, arrived on a tsunami of hype and hazy lyricism, The Guest is the more controlled work of a fine talent maturing on its own terms.Sultry and engrossing, with a note of menace, it's a gorgeously smart affair whose deceptive lightness conceals strange depths and an arresting originality.

www.nytimes.com

World politics

Georgina Beyer, 65, Dies; Considered First Transgender Parliament Member

MELBOURNE, Australia Georgina Beyer, a New Zealand politician who charted a daunting course as the person widely believed to be the world's first openly transgender member of Parliament, died on Monday in a hospice in Wellington, the New Zealand capital.She was 65.Her friends Scott Kennedy and Malcolm Vaughan confirmed her death in a statement but did not specify a cause.

www.independent.co.uk

UK news

Jailed paramilitaries using associates to stalk former partners, MPs warned

Paramilitaries imprisoned for domestic crimes in Northern Ireland are using their associates to continue to stalk and intimidate former partners while they are in jail, MPs have been told.A Westminster committee heard that abuse victims find it more difficult to escape the coercive influence of their abuser, or report them to the police, when paramilitarism is involved.

The Berlin Spectator

Berlin

Berlin Bans Biker Gang, Searches in Progress, 1,300 Officers Involved in Operation

Berlin, September 29th, 2022 (The Berlin Spectator) - In 2012, the 'Berlin City' chapter of the 'Hell's Angels' was banned.

Washington Post

Business

Analysis | A Texas Judge Just Took Religious 'Freedom' Too Far

The long march of religious liberty exemptions is gaining speed.

PARIS BY MOUTH | Where to eat in Paris

Paris

Palais Royal Restaurant | PARIS BY MOUTH

The Palais Royal Restaurant is tucked into the northeast corner of the Palais Royal gardens near the Louvre.The interior looks like a hotel restaurant (it is), and doesn't hold much charm.During the summer months, however, white linen tables are set up outside under the same lovely arcades that hosted Paris' first restaurants (and prostitution) centuries ago.

www.theguardian.com

Books

The Guest by Emma Cline review strange depths and an arresting originality

Published in the run-up to summer, Emma Cline's second novel is probably what people mean when they talk about a beach read.Whereas her 2016 debut, The Girls, arrived on a tsunami of hype and hazy lyricism, The Guest is the more controlled work of a fine talent maturing on its own terms.Sultry and engrossing, with a note of menace, it's a gorgeously smart affair whose deceptive lightness conceals strange depths and an arresting originality.

www.nytimes.com

World politics

Georgina Beyer, 65, Dies; Considered First Transgender Parliament Member

MELBOURNE, Australia Georgina Beyer, a New Zealand politician who charted a daunting course as the person widely believed to be the world's first openly transgender member of Parliament, died on Monday in a hospice in Wellington, the New Zealand capital.She was 65.Her friends Scott Kennedy and Malcolm Vaughan confirmed her death in a statement but did not specify a cause.

www.independent.co.uk

UK news

Jailed paramilitaries using associates to stalk former partners, MPs warned

Paramilitaries imprisoned for domestic crimes in Northern Ireland are using their associates to continue to stalk and intimidate former partners while they are in jail, MPs have been told.A Westminster committee heard that abuse victims find it more difficult to escape the coercive influence of their abuser, or report them to the police, when paramilitarism is involved.

The Berlin Spectator

Berlin

Berlin Bans Biker Gang, Searches in Progress, 1,300 Officers Involved in Operation

Berlin, September 29th, 2022 (The Berlin Spectator) - In 2012, the 'Berlin City' chapter of the 'Hell's Angels' was banned.

Washington Post

Business

Analysis | A Texas Judge Just Took Religious 'Freedom' Too Far

The long march of religious liberty exemptions is gaining speed.

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New York Post

New York City

Finance exec, 54, accused of drugging and raping young teen at hotels across NYC: DA

A 54-year-old finance executive was indicted Thursday for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl - who he met online - inside hotel rooms across New York City and feeding her drugs until she overdosed, prosecutors announced Thursday.Michael Olson was hit with a 17-count indictment for the alleged months-long abuse that was only uncovered last month when paramedics responded to a Manhattan hotel to find him and the girl, who had ingested a cocktail of ketamine, cocaine and Xanax, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

Miami Herald

Miami

Owner of a Miami self-dubbed 'erotic massage parlor' arrested on prostitution charges

A Miami spa owner was arrested Wednesday after being accused of using her business as a front for prostitution.Indiana Bustamante, 54, was charged with deriving support from prostitution, unlawful use of a communications device, maintaining a house of prostitution and renting space for prostitution.

#people

www.nytimes.com

New York City

New Play Looks for Dark Humor Beneath the Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult Ordeal

Carson Marie Earnest, a New York City actress, recently came across a casting call for a darkly funny, cautionary play in two acts, based on the true story of Larry Ray and the sex cult' at Sarah Lawrence College.Oh my gosh, I know this story, thought Ms. Earnest, who several years earlier had been shocked when the news broke in 2019 just as she was set to graduate from the school just north of the city.

Medium

San Francisco

These San Francisco streets were named after prostitutes

Everyone knows the shortest alley in San Francisco is Balance Place, and of course Vermont Street is the crookedest.The steepest grade?Bradford Street.But what about that old tale you might've heard from a drunk companion late one night that some San Francisco streets were actually named after Barbary Coast-era prostitutes?

LGBTQ Nation

Books

Book ban lawmaker "very sad" that a parent is using his law to ban the "sex-ridden" Bible

A Utah parent has challenged the Bible under a state law banning "pornographic or indecent" material in schools.The law has been used to remove books by mostly LGBTQ+ and Black authors from shelves.And it's making the Republican lawmaker who introduced the book ban bill "very sad."

www.nytimes.com

Television

Steven Knight's Great Expectations' is a Dark Dream World

Dickens purists, look away!At the start of FX and the BBC's new six-part Great Expectations, a young man walks to the center of a bridge on the River Thames, pauses to look out over the London vista, then swiftly attaches a rope to the railing and around his neck.For a vertiginous moment, he balances on the parapet, the dark waters swirling below.

www.vice.com

Books

Parent Calls Bible PORN' and Demands Utah School District Remove It From Libraries

Samson and Delilah by Peter Paul Rubens A Utah parent has filed a request to ban God's most popular blog, the Bible, from schools, citing and ridiculing a law passed last year that removed dozens of books from schools and libraries last year.Get this PORN out of our schools!they wrote in their request for the removal of the book.

www.npr.org

Europe news

Amsterdam will ban cannabis outdoors in its red-light district

People walk through Amsterdam's red-light district shortly after it reopened in 2020, during the pandemic.The neighborhood attracts millions of tourists each year.Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images The city of Amsterdam is banning the smoking of marijuana outdoors in its red-light district.The ban is part of a host of changes to appease those who live in the popular neighborhood, which attracts millions of tourists each year.

www.nytimes.com

New York City

New Play Looks for Dark Humor Beneath the Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult Ordeal

Carson Marie Earnest, a New York City actress, recently came across a casting call for a darkly funny, cautionary play in two acts, based on the true story of Larry Ray and the sex cult' at Sarah Lawrence College.Oh my gosh, I know this story, thought Ms. Earnest, who several years earlier had been shocked when the news broke in 2019 just as she was set to graduate from the school just north of the city.

Medium

San Francisco

These San Francisco streets were named after prostitutes

Everyone knows the shortest alley in San Francisco is Balance Place, and of course Vermont Street is the crookedest.The steepest grade?Bradford Street.But what about that old tale you might've heard from a drunk companion late one night that some San Francisco streets were actually named after Barbary Coast-era prostitutes?

LGBTQ Nation

Books

Book ban lawmaker "very sad" that a parent is using his law to ban the "sex-ridden" Bible

A Utah parent has challenged the Bible under a state law banning "pornographic or indecent" material in schools.The law has been used to remove books by mostly LGBTQ+ and Black authors from shelves.And it's making the Republican lawmaker who introduced the book ban bill "very sad."

www.nytimes.com

Television

Steven Knight's Great Expectations' is a Dark Dream World

Dickens purists, look away!At the start of FX and the BBC's new six-part Great Expectations, a young man walks to the center of a bridge on the River Thames, pauses to look out over the London vista, then swiftly attaches a rope to the railing and around his neck.For a vertiginous moment, he balances on the parapet, the dark waters swirling below.

www.vice.com

Books

Parent Calls Bible PORN' and Demands Utah School District Remove It From Libraries

Samson and Delilah by Peter Paul Rubens A Utah parent has filed a request to ban God's most popular blog, the Bible, from schools, citing and ridiculing a law passed last year that removed dozens of books from schools and libraries last year.Get this PORN out of our schools!they wrote in their request for the removal of the book.

www.npr.org

Europe news

Amsterdam will ban cannabis outdoors in its red-light district

People walk through Amsterdam's red-light district shortly after it reopened in 2020, during the pandemic.The neighborhood attracts millions of tourists each year.Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images The city of Amsterdam is banning the smoking of marijuana outdoors in its red-light district.The ban is part of a host of changes to appease those who live in the popular neighborhood, which attracts millions of tourists each year.

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#gender-identity

LGBTQ Nation

Education

Oklahoma's head superintendent wants to ban LGBTQ+ books but teach the Bible in history classes

Oklahoma's superintendent of public schools Ryan Walters (R) has suggested that the Bible be taught in history classes.Walters has previously pushed the transphobic lie about schools providing litterboxes to students who identify as cats.He also recently referred to teachers' unions as "terrorist organizations" and illegally tried to make rules banning LGBTQ+ books and transgender bathroom access in schools.

LGBTQ Nation

LGBT

Trans sex workers lead massive march in Peru

On February 22nd, LGBTQ+ history was made in Peru.Led by trans women, hundreds of Peruvians marched through the busy streets of central Lima to demand justice.Billed as the "marcha contra los crimenes de odio" (the march against hate crimes), indignant activists took to the streets to commemorate the deaths of trans sex workers and demonstrate against the inaction of police.

LGBTQ Nation

Education

Oklahoma's head superintendent wants to ban LGBTQ+ books but teach the Bible in history classes

Oklahoma's superintendent of public schools Ryan Walters (R) has suggested that the Bible be taught in history classes.Walters has previously pushed the transphobic lie about schools providing litterboxes to students who identify as cats.He also recently referred to teachers' unions as "terrorist organizations" and illegally tried to make rules banning LGBTQ+ books and transgender bathroom access in schools.

LGBTQ Nation

LGBT

Trans sex workers lead massive march in Peru

On February 22nd, LGBTQ+ history was made in Peru.Led by trans women, hundreds of Peruvians marched through the busy streets of central Lima to demand justice.Billed as the "marcha contra los crimenes de odio" (the march against hate crimes), indignant activists took to the streets to commemorate the deaths of trans sex workers and demonstrate against the inaction of police.

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Chicago Tribune

Chicago

Chicago firefighter accused of running 'erotic massage' business from home

A Chicago firefighter is accused of running an "erotic massage" business from his Northwest Side home, officials said.Brendan A. Kennedy-Gasior, 37, charged with promoting prostitution, a felony, appeared in court Friday and was released on bond after Cook County Judge Kelly Marie McCarthy set bail at $5,000.

#young-women

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles

Before producing films, he ran an international prostitution ring. Now he's headed to prison

A California movie producer was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday after admitting to running an international prostitution ring in a case in which several women accused him of being abusive and drugging them, according to court records and the Associated Press.Dillon Jordan, a 50-year-old Los Angeles native, originally faced decades in prison for a raft of prostitution, money laundering and conspiracy charges, but he reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors in New York last year.

www.hamhigh.co.uk

London

'Dangerous and devious' rapist and pimp targeted women through employment websites

A "highly dangerous and devious" rapist and pimp who targeted women through online employment websites has been jailed.But police have revealed their initial investigation into Nuruzzaman Shahin was dropped owing to insufficient evidence.They are now appealing for others who may have been exploited by him to come forward.

www.standard.co.uk

London

Camden rapist who ran an escort agency website to meet women is jailed for 31 years

A Camden man who groomed women through an employment website before raping them has been jailed for 31 years.Nuruzzaman Shahin was previously found guilty of eight counts of rape, four counts of assault by penetration, three counts of sexual assault on a female and seven counts of controlling prostitution for gain.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles

Before producing films, he ran an international prostitution ring. Now he's headed to prison

A California movie producer was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday after admitting to running an international prostitution ring in a case in which several women accused him of being abusive and drugging them, according to court records and the Associated Press.Dillon Jordan, a 50-year-old Los Angeles native, originally faced decades in prison for a raft of prostitution, money laundering and conspiracy charges, but he reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors in New York last year.

www.hamhigh.co.uk

London

'Dangerous and devious' rapist and pimp targeted women through employment websites

A "highly dangerous and devious" rapist and pimp who targeted women through online employment websites has been jailed.But police have revealed their initial investigation into Nuruzzaman Shahin was dropped owing to insufficient evidence.They are now appealing for others who may have been exploited by him to come forward.

www.standard.co.uk

London

Camden rapist who ran an escort agency website to meet women is jailed for 31 years

A Camden man who groomed women through an employment website before raping them has been jailed for 31 years.Nuruzzaman Shahin was previously found guilty of eight counts of rape, four counts of assault by penetration, three counts of sexual assault on a female and seven counts of controlling prostitution for gain.

moreyoung-women

www.nytimes.com

World politics

Amsterdam Bans Marijuana Smoking on Streets of Red-Light District

Amsterdam will soon ban the smoking of marijuana on the streets of its popular red-light district, according to rules introduced on Thursday that are aimed at cracking down on the noisy tourists that local residents have long complained about.This should reduce the nuisance caused by drug use in public spaces, particularly by tourists, Mayor Femke Halsema of Amsterdam said in a statement.

#years

www.independent.co.uk

UK news

Labour: Young people being trafficked into cannabis farms or prostitution'

Young people are being trafficked across the Channel to the UK and then into cannabis farms or into prostitution, Labour has suggested.Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said there is a pattern of young asylum-seekers being trafficked to the UK before criminals, likely to be from the same gangs that brought them to the UK, pick them up from outside Home Office hotels.

therealdeal.com

LA real estate

Former LA Councilman Jose Huizar to Plead Guilty to Bribery

Jose Huizar (Getty) Former L.A. city councilman Jose Huizar has agreed to plead guilty in a widespread bribery case that rattled city government and embroiled a number of real estate developers.Huizar admitted to extorting at least $1.5 million in bribes in the form of cash, hotel stays, gambling chips and favorable loans from developers and evading taxes over the course of seven years, according to a plea agreement filed with the U.S. District Court on Thursday.

www.npr.org

Law

Epstein's sex trafficking was aided by JPMorgan, a U.S. Virgin Islands lawsuit says

A file image from 2013 provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows financier Jeffrey Epstein.AP The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands alleges in a lawsuit filed this week that JPMorgan Chase "turned a blind eye" to evidence that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein used the bank to facilitate sex-trafficking activities on Little St. James, the private island he owned in the territory until his 2019 suicide.

www.amny.com

Brooklyn

FIRST ON amNY | Gillibrand introduces bill to vacate, expunge nonviolent convictions for human trafficking survivors | amNewYork

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) last week introduced a bill that would vacate and expunge non-violent criminal convictions for crimes committed by human trafficking survivors while they were in captivity.Gillibrand introduced the bill dubbed the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act along with her Republican colleague U.S. Senator Robert Portman (R-Ohio), according to a release shared first with amNewYork Metro.

the Guardian

UK politics

UK armed forces introduce ban on use of sex workers abroad

Britain's armed forces have introduced a ban on the use of sex workers abroad for the first time as part of an attempt to stamp out sexual exploitation and abuse across the military.

www.independent.co.uk

UK news

Labour: Young people being trafficked into cannabis farms or prostitution'

Young people are being trafficked across the Channel to the UK and then into cannabis farms or into prostitution, Labour has suggested.Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said there is a pattern of young asylum-seekers being trafficked to the UK before criminals, likely to be from the same gangs that brought them to the UK, pick them up from outside Home Office hotels.

therealdeal.com

LA real estate

Former LA Councilman Jose Huizar to Plead Guilty to Bribery

Jose Huizar (Getty) Former L.A. city councilman Jose Huizar has agreed to plead guilty in a widespread bribery case that rattled city government and embroiled a number of real estate developers.Huizar admitted to extorting at least $1.5 million in bribes in the form of cash, hotel stays, gambling chips and favorable loans from developers and evading taxes over the course of seven years, according to a plea agreement filed with the U.S. District Court on Thursday.

www.npr.org

Law

Epstein's sex trafficking was aided by JPMorgan, a U.S. Virgin Islands lawsuit says

A file image from 2013 provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows financier Jeffrey Epstein.AP The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands alleges in a lawsuit filed this week that JPMorgan Chase "turned a blind eye" to evidence that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein used the bank to facilitate sex-trafficking activities on Little St. James, the private island he owned in the territory until his 2019 suicide.

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Brooklyn

FIRST ON amNY | Gillibrand introduces bill to vacate, expunge nonviolent convictions for human trafficking survivors | amNewYork

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) last week introduced a bill that would vacate and expunge non-violent criminal convictions for crimes committed by human trafficking survivors while they were in captivity.Gillibrand introduced the bill dubbed the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act along with her Republican colleague U.S. Senator Robert Portman (R-Ohio), according to a release shared first with amNewYork Metro.

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UK politics

UK armed forces introduce ban on use of sex workers abroad

Britain's armed forces have introduced a ban on the use of sex workers abroad for the first time as part of an attempt to stamp out sexual exploitation and abuse across the military.

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LA real estate

Anaheim Demolishes Crime-Ridden Motel for Housing

Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken and the Covered Wagon Motel at 823 South Beach Boulevard in Anaheim (Anaheim.net,Loopnet) The City of Anaheim has bought and bulldozed a crime-ridden motel as part of a campaign to redevelop Beach Boulevard.Last month, the city paid $6.6 million to buy the red-tagged Covered Wagon Motel at 823 South Beach Boulevard, which is now being razed for affordable apartments and townhomes, the Orange County Register reported.

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Europe news

Libyan police detain dozens of migrants in fresh crackdown

CAIRO - Authorities in western Libya said they rounded up dozens of migrants Monday in the capital of Tripoli, in the latest crackdown on migrants in the conflict-ridden country.

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LA real estate

Anaheim Demolishes Crime-Ridden Motel for Housing

Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken and the Covered Wagon Motel at 823 South Beach Boulevard in Anaheim (Anaheim.net,Loopnet) The City of Anaheim has bought and bulldozed a crime-ridden motel as part of a campaign to redevelop Beach Boulevard.Last month, the city paid $6.6 million to buy the red-tagged Covered Wagon Motel at 823 South Beach Boulevard, which is now being razed for affordable apartments and townhomes, the Orange County Register reported.

Washington Post

Europe news

Libyan police detain dozens of migrants in fresh crackdown

CAIRO - Authorities in western Libya said they rounded up dozens of migrants Monday in the capital of Tripoli, in the latest crackdown on migrants in the conflict-ridden country.

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DC food

Review | 'Broker' is the sweetest movie ever about human trafficking

From left, Lee Ji-eun, Gang Dong-won and Song Kang-ho (holding Park Ji-yong) in "Broker."(Neon) StarOutline (3 stars) Japanese writer-director Hirokazu Kore-eda's follow-up to " Shoplifters," his Oscar-nominated 2018 film about a family of liars, cheats and thieves, is, like that unexpectedly heartwarming drama, a story whose darker themes of social dysfunction and fissure are sublimated into a fable of surprising sweetness.

Miami Herald

Miami

Man charged with sex trafficking. Victim jumped from car in Miami to avoid beating

U.S. Marshals and local Maryland law enforcement, found Monriko Mequel Clements, 31, last week in the tiny town of Fulton in the state's northwest corner.Six weeks after a woman was so desperate to escape from a former boyfriend that she jumped out of his moving rental car on a major South Florida highway, the man was found in another state and extradited to South Florida where he is expected to stand trial.

Fatherly

Fathers

Wait. Is Santa Claus Just a Big Elf?

So, all this time, we've been thinking that Santa's a big guy - big beard, big belly, big laugh, ho, ho, ho, etc.We tell our kids that he slides down chimneys, without any explanation for how this is possible.Granted, there are a lot of things about the Santa story that makes no sense, and we happily lie about all of them.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles

Orange County serial killer Franc Cano gets life in prison after guilty pleas

Franc Cano, who with an accomplice abducted and killed several women in Anaheim and Santa Ana while on sex-offender probation, pleaded guilty to murder Thursday after prosecutors dropped their call for the death penalty.Cano's guilty pleas to four counts of rape and murder - which brings an automatic prison sentence of life without parole - eliminates the need for his long-delayed trial.

New York Post

New York City

Killer hooker's ex-lover hit with 2-plus years in Cipriani chef's OD death

The ex-boyfriend of a homicidal hooker who plied Cipriani Dolci head chef Andrea Zamperoni with a deadly dose of a date rape drug at a seedy Queens motel was sentenced to more than two years in prison Thursday.Brooklyn federal court Judge Brian Cogan slapped Leslie Lescano with 32 months behind bars for his part in the 2019 scheme to drug and rob Zamperoni at the Elmhurst motel.

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Business

Mastercard moves to protect 'risky and frisky' transactions

Supposedly ingenious schemes to revolutionize the finance industry with crypto are not hard to find - nor are their failures.

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Law

Morning Docket: 09.23.22

* Wanna get really mad this morning?Read this decision on unjust seizures.[ Tech Dirt]

* DeSantis is facing legal troubles over his special way of bypassing prosecutorial discretion.[ Guardian]

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