Dec 20 - By Associated Press
A Detroit school bus driver taking children to class is accused of trying to buy sex from an undercover officer posing as a streetwalker. Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans didn't identify the 30-year-old driver.
Dec 5 - By Barbara Surk, AP Writer
Dubai police have announced a crackdown on a large prostitution ring, which human rights activists welcomed on Wednesday as a long-awaited move against the human trafficking rampant in this wealthy Gulf city.
Nov 21 - By Associated Press
A federal jury on Wednesday convicted a former pro wrestler known as "Hardbody Harrison" of charges that he kept eight women as sex slaves in his two north Georgia homes.
Nov 16 - By Travis Reed, AP Writer
For years, the back pages of the Orlando Weekly were filled with ads for naughty nurses, sultry coeds and girls with come-hither names like "Rush" and "Roxie."
Oct 24 - By Omar Sinan, AP Writer
The Iraqi women jump onto the stage at the al-Rawabi club, their long black hair swinging, their young faces caked with makeup. Iraqi pop music booms out as they sway and dance under strobe lights.
Oct 23 - By Associated Press
Three executives for a weekly paper have been arrested on charges they knowingly published advertisements promoting prostitution.
Oct 10 - By Hyung-Jin Kim, AP Writer
South Koreans are increasingly turning to the Internet and mobile phones to buy sex following a tougher anti-prostitution law in 2004 targeting brothels.
Apr 8 - By Associated Press
A teenager once arrested alongside her mother in a prostitution case has been accused of running an escort service out of her suburban Chicago home using the popular Web site Craigslist.
Mar 23 - By Associated Press
A man who touted himself as "Pimp of the Year" was sentenced Friday to more than 23 years in federal prison. Matthew "Knowledge" Thompkins pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to transport minors to engage in prostitution and conspiracy to engage in money laundering.
Mar 2 - By Associated Press
A woman accused of running an upscale prostitution service in the Washington area might sell her list of 10,000 clients to pay for her defense, her attorney said Friday. Authorities have seized about $1 million worth of real estate and $500,000 in cash and stocks from Deborah Jean Palfrey, 50, said her attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley.
Sep 8 - By Associated Press
Police in Bucks County have charged 12 women after an investigation into prostitutes who allegedly have been advertising on the Web site Craigslist.
Aug 15 - By Associated Press
A prostitution ring that employed more than 240 women across several Western states and generated millions of dollars was broken up when seven people were arrested, authorities said.
Aug 9 - By Associated Press
Police have arrested four women in an investigation into prostitution ads that were posted on a popular Internet classifieds site.
May 4 - By David Crary, AP National Writer
The expected World Cup boom for Germany's sex industry has ignited a trans-Atlantic tiff over prostitution, with a U.S. congressman and other anti-trafficking advocates contending Thursday that thousands of foreign women will be forced into sex work during the four-week tournament.
Feb 17 - By Associated Press
There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but occasionally there's a cheap feast for the eyes.
Feb 17 - By Associated Press
A man running for state representative acknowledged that he once worked as a prostitute but said he's turned his life around and doesn't regret his past.