June 10, by Maggie McNeill. The Rescuers. Harassing streetwalkers to scare away their clients has become a popular rescue industry pastime :. She says she saw ten girls out there and tried to reach as many of them as she could…The girls were all invited to a special dinner Friday night and from there Operation Code Red will offer them places to stay in recovery homes.
It Looks Good On Paper. Ohio…Senate Bill 4…would allow trafficking victims to apply to have records removed of some guilty convictions, dismissed charges or findings of not guilty…prosecuting attorneys…successfully pushed for changes that require the person seeking expungement of…felonies to [somehow] prove the degree of duress they were under…. Surplus Women. Elephant in the Parlor. Quite possibly the most ridiculous excuse any politician has ever used :.
On May 22, the Yomiuri Shimbun …alleged that [Japanese politician Kihei] Maekawa frequented a shady dating bar…for a few years until around the end of last year. The article implied that many of the women who come to the bar…offer sex for money…At a news conference on May 25, Maekawa admitted he used to go to a dating bar but said he went there to talk to the women and learn about poverty in the country…after watching a TV documentary that said many women going to such bars are barely getting by.
Welcome To Our World Just look at the headline and tone of this article and you may understand why :. In Singapore, prostitution is legal, but [related activities are not]…The government regulates prostitution…but nevertheless illegal sex workers saturate the industry…There are an estimated 1,…licensed sex workers in Singapore…Yet thousands more choose — or are forced — to work without a license.
Unable to access the same protection the state offers licensed workers, illegal sex workers will either work from massage or beauty parlours or…set up a profile online…Dr. But for the illegal sex workers…there are no [compulsory government-ordained restrictions]…As police stepped up their efforts by increasing surveillance…and…lawmakers [banned online advertising]…sex workers used websites hosted outside of Singapore to circumvent it…. Pyrrhic Victory Some readers implied I was a crank when I predicted this exact development four years ago :.
