Maldives denies luxury spas are fronting prostitution

Tourism officials in the Maldives have denied that health spas at luxury holiday resorts operate as brothels after the facilities were shut down.

Desperate British women turn to prostitution

British students, faced with government austerity measures, are turning to prostitution, gambling and other dangerous pursuits to fund their studies.

In conservative Botswana, a push to legalise prostitution

Botswana is looking to legalise prostitution in the conservative country in a bid to bring down one of the world's highest HIV rates.

Prostitutes in Colombia unite against child abuse

Colombia prostitutes have united in a popular tourist destination to protect children from an international network of pimps and sexual predators.

Berlusconi rejects 'shocking' sex accusations

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has rejected "shocking accusations" from an inquiry linking him to a alleged prostitution ring.

Italy's Berlusconi in probe over teenage nightclub dancer

Italy's prime minister faces a prostitution investigation in Milan over a teenage nightclub dancer who attended parties at his private residence.

French footballers arrested in prostitution probe

France international footballers Frank Ribery and Karim Benzema were charged with having had sex with an under-age prostitute on Tuesday.

Living in the shadows

Percy Zvomuya and M&G photographer Oupa Nkosi took to the streets of the Free State capital to investigate rumours of human trafficking.

Cosatu mum on prostitution proposal

Cosatu has refused to speak out about a proposal on the unionising of prostitutes, which is expected to be put to its national congress next week.

SA mulls prostitution law ahead of 2010

With hundreds of thousands of tourists expected in South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, a new debate has erupted over legalising prostitution.

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