France wakes up to human trafficking
In France, about 2.5 million people are victims of human trafficking every year, a phenomenon that the country seems to be waking up to only ...
View ArticleDocumentary on the life of Mexican prostitutes
An original look at how prostitutes in Mexico City survive – this is the idea behind 'Plaza de la Soledad', a documentary currently being released ...
View ArticleFrance fights prostitution by punishing the client
France has become the fifth European country, after Sweden, Norway, Iceland and the United Kingdom, to introduce punishments for those who pay for sex acts. ...
View ArticleItalian prostitute ordered to pay income tax
Escorts must pay taxes too. A tax tribunal in Savona has rejected a prostitute's appeal against a ruling that ordered her to pay VAT and ...
View ArticleVictims of human trafficking in Europe: who and how many?
The estimated number of victims of human trafficking in Europe is at least 15,846 – of which 15% are said to be minors. The figure ...
View ArticleHow many people are victims of human trafficking
More than 20 million people living today around the world have been trafficked for sexual exploitation, forced labour and other activities across the world, generating ...
View ArticleItalian IRS has decided to tax prositutes
In Italy, even prostitutes have to pay taxes. It does not matter if they are independent contractors who work full time or occasionally. At ...
View ArticleOne truth about prostitution that remains often off limits
Prostitutes by choice, not because of "slavery". To put an end to the myth that all sex workers are victims of a type of "slave ...
View ArticleModern slaves coming from Albania headed to the U.K.
Albania is the principle supplier of potential victims of modern slavery to the United Kingdom. This fact emerged in the “National Referral Mechanism”. The inquiry initiated by a ...
View ArticleSuper-data-sharing solution protects prostitutes
Hi-tech prostitution in the UK has contributed to saving the lives of many prostitutes in that country.By signing up for a special database called National Ugly Mugs, the ...
View ArticleThe pimps are left behind for new type of workers’ cooperative
The first house of prostitution managed entirely by the female workers themselves, through their own foundation has opened in Amsterdam. My Red Light, is the ...
View ArticleNew generation geishas seem like innocent school girls
In Japan, under an innocent school uniform, with a sailor motif, there is a baby prostitute. At least this is what the no profit association ...
View ArticleThe profile of victims of human trafficking in France
In France, 90% of the victims of human trafficking is female. At least, this data emerged in a super-investigation undertaken by the Observatory ONDRP, together ...
View ArticleThe profession is illegal but the insurance policy isn’t
France has launched the first healthcare insurance program for prostitutes. At least, this is what the Strass, union for the sex worker sector, and the private non-profit mutuelle de prévoyance...
View Article6 actions that could help children protection against trafficking
In 2016, around one in three asylum seekers in the EU was a child. Ahead of UN World Day against Trafficking in Persons on 30 ...
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