Sex Trade

Emma Thompson's 'Journey' Exhibit Spotlights Sex Trafficking

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact


Two-time Academy Award-winning British actress Emma Thompson is focusing her attention on the issue of human trafficking of women and young girls by c...

Child Sex Boom Fueled By Global Recession

GlobalPost | Posted 10.28.2009 | World


BANGKOK, Thailand -- Narisaraporn Asipong, a matronly social worker at the "Mercy Center" shelter met 8-year-old Niran (a pseudonym) five years ago in...

Costa Rica Sex Trade Thrives During Global Recession

Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2009 | World


The Miami Herald reports that the global recession has boosted Costa Rica's sex trade as more women from countries throughout Latin America travel to ...

Japanese Love Hotels Boom In The Recession

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.02.2009 | World


In Japan, where the global financial meltdown has especially taken its toll, not all industries are languishing. In fact, one of the most notably res...

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Department Of Homeland Security Shows Surprising Proficiency In Sex Trade Slang

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics


Via Nerve comes the story of this document, recently obtained by The Smoking Gun, which is apparently from a letter sent by the Department of Homeland...

Sex Trade Suffers From Global Recession

Huffington Post | Posted 06.28.2009 | World


The international sex trade -- brothels, bath houses, escort services, etc. -- has taken a big hit from parsimonious clients tightening their belts th...

Lonely Danes and Thai Brides: Janus Metz' "Love on Delivery"

Karin Badt | Posted 04.27.2009 | World


Karin Badt

The film bears a highly controversial message: these economic-emotion exchange marriages work out to everyone's heart content.

The Church Can No Longer Deny World Crises

Tri Robinson | Posted 04.18.2009 | World


Tri Robinson

What I am about to state seems indisputably clear to me as a Bible-believing and Bible-practicing Christian. After spending the better part of 30 year...

Not a Woman in the Picture

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

Is it a coincidence that in the world's largest economy, whose military expenditure accounts for half the global total, the most senior posts dealing with money and war are still reserved for men?

Malaysia's New Trafficking Law Leads To First Conviction Over Prostitution Case

Ndtv.com | Posted 01.23.2009 | World


An Indian woman has been sentenced to eight years in jail by a Malaysian court in Kuala Lumpur for forcing her 33-year-old compatriot into prostitutio...

Five Former Slaves Who Are Changing the World

razoo.com | Kathryn Hawkins | Posted 01.01.2009 | Living


We've all learned about the courageous acts of former slaves in American history like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman--but while the Emancipatio...

Economic Crisis, Internet Might Increase Child Sex Abuse

AP | ALAN CLENDENNING | Posted 12.27.2008 | World


SAO PAULO, Brazil — More poor children may be driven into the sex trade as a result of the world financial crisis and the spreading use of the I...

Sex Industry Spreads Around London: "It's Like Going For a Drink"

guardian.co.uk | Julie Bindel | Posted 10.12.2008 | Style


When Frank rang a brothel in Enfield, he could hear a baby crying in the background. When Alan called one in Southwark, he could make out the sound of...

For Sale: Teenage Virgin

Telegraph | Sue Ryan | Posted 04.23.2008 | Living


Thirty miles west of the Taj Mahal, on the road to the pink city of Jaipur, tourists on buses pass a sight that the guide books rarely mention. A mil...