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Mother imprisoned for forcing daughter, 12, into prostitution in Japan

The Criminal Court on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old woman who forced her daughter into prostitution to a long term in prison.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong gangster jailed for forcing 2 Thai women into prostitution

A Hong Kong court has sentenced a 70-year-old gang member to a year in prison for forcing two Thai women into prostitution, after they fell for job scams claiming to be hiring massage therapists and were trafficked from Thailand to the city in 2023.

Bangkok Post

U.S. Rejects Mexico's Claims of Bad Faith, Citing Arrest of Child Prostitution Fugitive

For its part, Sheinbaum's administration accused Washington just weeks ago of a lack of reciprocity in similar requests that have been denied, despite both governments highlighting strong cooperation on security matters.

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Young Thai girl allegedly forced by family into prostitution in Nigeria

A 17-year-old Thai girl has been rescued after allegedly being forced into prostitution in Nigeria for two months by members of her family, including her mother.

Bangkok Post

Dr Melanie Walker says Donald Trump introduced her to Jeffrey Epstein. Then she met Bill Gates...

The story matters because Walker appears to have been both a beneficiary of Epstein’s patronage and one of the people who helped him gain access to Gates’s circle after his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution.

The Times of India

LAPD reviews additional sexual assault allegations against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Combs was sentenced last year in New York to 50 months in prison on charges of transporting women for prostitution

The Guardian - US

Report: Mexico World Cup Matches Could Boost Forced Prostitution Controlled by Drug Cartels

Forced prostitution cases carry an impunity rate of about 97% in Mexico, according to data from the Mexican Senate.

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Indiana Police Misplace More Than $30,000 Seized in Massage Parlor Raids

The raids took place after a detective with the state Protection for Abused and Trafficked Humans Law Enforcement Task Force got four penis massages.

Reason

MAGA Influencer Craig Long Arrested in Florida Prostitution Sting

A Florida social media personality self described as MAGA was among 266 people arrested in a sweeping undercover operation targeting prostitution, human trafficking and child predators in Polk County, authorities said.

Latin Times

5 Photos of Craig Long's Wife: The Woman Behind the 'MAGA to the Core' Influencer Arrested for Human Trafficking

Influencer Craig Long was arrested in a Florida human trafficking sting, drawing attention to his wife. No charges against her have been made, but speculation persists.

International Business Times UK

50 Football Players, One F1 Racer Busted In Illegal Prostitution Sting Operation In Italy

A prostitution scandal involving footballers and a Formula 1 driver has been uncovered in Italy, leading to a national controversy.

International Business Times UK

Woman arrested for running prostitution ring allegedly catered to police officers

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The Independent UK

Texas woman accused of running $1,000 a session prostitution ring that catered to cops alongside husband in the town of Godley

The Godley Police Department allegedly helped the Ketchersides compile information about local public officials, according to prosecutors

The Independent UK

“Political prostitution”: Candace Owens slams identical posts defending President as AI Jesus image sparks backlash

Candace Owens criticized Trump supporters after two identical posts defended Donald Trump’s AI Jesus image. The posts by Graham Allen and David J Harris Jr raised questions online. At the same time, Trump faced backlash for the image and his comments about Pope Leo XIV, with even some supporters calling…

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France's prostitution law helps victims, but clients vanish behind closed doors

In the ten years since France passed a law decriminalising prostitution, but making it illegal to pay for sex, investigators have shifted their approach to sex workers to consider them as victims and not criminals. But it has become difficult to identify clients, who increasingly operate online, behind closed doors…

Radio France Internationale

Prostitution of minors in France rises by 43 percent in four years

Prostitution of minors in France has risen by up 43 percent over the last four years, according to official figures published Friday. The government insists it remains committed to cracking down on exploitation networks, a decade after a landmark law made paying for sexual services a crime.

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Diddy’s Lawyers Try To Overturn Conviction By Arguing ‘Freak Offs’ Were Amateur Porn, Not Prostitution

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers are are asking a US appeals court to overturn his Mann Act conviction and shortening his sentence.

Evening Standard

‘You never heal’ – families still grieving decades after Glasgow murders

A podcast series is examining the murders of a number of women involved in prostitution in Glasgow in the 1990s and early 2000s.

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Usher slams the world for not seeing Diddy’s ‘greatness’ while his idol rots in prison for facilitating prostitution

Evidently, if it hasn’t happened to you, it hasn’t happened at all.

The Independent UK

Usher says Diddy is being ‘misrepresented’ after disgraced rapper’s sex crimes conviction

Sean Combs was convicted on two counts of prostitution-related charges in July 2025

Reason

Homeland Security Helps Nab 80-Year-Old Man for Paying a Sex Worker

Do you feel safer yet?

Evening Standard

Sarah Ferguson asked Epstein for help with a children's charity while he was in jail for child prostitution offences, emails reveal

The former Duchess of York told Epstein he was a ‘genius’ in emails sent in 2009

International Business Times UK

Newly Released Memo Shows Jeffrey Epstein Was Target of 2010 DEA Probe Over Suspicious Money Transfers

A newly released DEA memo reveals Jeffrey Epstein was named in 2010 drug probe involving $50m in transfers tied to drugs and prostitution in New York, US Virgin Islands.

Axios

Epstein revelations spur calls to scrape Lutnick's name from college library

DOJ files say Lutnick communicated with Epstein years after Epstein had been convicted of procuring a child for prostitution.

The Times of India

Worker who performed background checks for ICE, HSI and FBI arrested in prostitution sting in Minnesota

Bloomington Police arrested 30 men in a prostitution sting, including a Department of Defense worker who conducted background checks for federal employees like ICE and FBI hires. Police Chief Booker Hodges announced the operation, "Operation Looking for Love in All the Wrong Place," which led to the arrests.

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