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March 2005: Prostitution |
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02-Mar-05 | MSP offers compromise in tolerance zone quest | The Scotsman | |
| Margo McDonald reportedly ready to drop bill re: red-light tolerance zones - if Scottish Executive accepts recommended reforms to prostitution law | ||||
| http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=741&id=231922005 | ||||
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02-Mar-05 | Official red light zones slammed by health chiefs | Evening Times | |
| NHS Greater Glasgow critical of "inadequate" Scottish Executive report: fails vulnerable women | ||||
| http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/print/news/5036118.shtml | ||||
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02-Mar-05 | Teenager released from prison after bullying, court hears | Ireland Online |
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Dublin 17 yr. old heroin addict. Mother-pimp |
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04-Mar-05 | Crack cocaine crime plague: Special Report | Sunday Mail |
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| Police study: vice girls spending £300/day on crack cocaine | ||||
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http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15360736&method=full&siteid= 86024&headline=special-report--crack-c0caine-crime-plague-name_page.html |
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04-Mar-05 | Two found guilty of assaulting prostitute | This is Bristol Geoff Bennett |
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Bristol Luke Hayward and Daniel Perrett found guilty of assault after dragging prostitute Joanna Thomas alongside a moving car. |
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06-Mar-05 | Spence 'the untouchable' | Belfast Tel/ Sunday Life |
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| UDA (Loyalist paramilitary) leader alleged to run prostitution rings with impunity from British in exchange for counter-intelligence. | ||||
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10-Mar-05 | Task force 'ducks tolerance zones' | The Scotsman Brian Ferguson |
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| Edinburgh City Council leaders reportedly angry that Scottish Executive’s expert group failed to come up with firm proposals re: tolerance zones | ||||
| http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=741&id=125712005 | ||||
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11-Mar-05 | Gardaí making progress in Paiche murder case | Waterford News & Star | |
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Waterford Paiche Onyemaechi case still being actively investigated. |
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14-Mar-05 | 'Sex workers out' demand residents | Streatham Guardian | |
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Streatham Hill Brindley House Resident's Petition |
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15-Mar-05 | Crime capital: The Yardies | Daily Record |
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Leith / Edinburgh Yardies crack cocaine - increase in prostitutes due to addiction. (See: Yardies) |
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18-Mar-05 | Residents win fight to keep prostitute-free zone | Bournefree News Reem Nada |
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Boscombe Salvation Army dropped plans for prostitute Drop-in Centre. |
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21-Mar-05 | Why Glasgow should back zero tolerance | Evening Times | |
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Glasgow Consultation response from Chief Executive George Black blasts independent group of experts for ignoring hard facts. |
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22-Mar-05 | Judge's pledge on kerb-crawl menace | Liverpool Echo Mike Hornby |
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Liverpool Judge David Fletcher crack down on kerb crawling. Johns named. Driver's licenses revoked, etc. |
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22-Mar-05 | Sex-trade in city ‘makes £3m a year for drug dealers’ | The Herald Calum Macdonald |
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Glasgow Report by George Black, Glasgow City Council chief executive |
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24-Mar-05 | Post special exposes city's 'booming' sex economy | Hold the Front Page Luke Woolliscroft |
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Bristol Post's Saturday magazine Seven investigated Bristol's sex economy |
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24-Mar-05 | A vice probe? I'm the perfect man for the job | Daily Record Charlie Gall |
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Raymond Hutcheon, alleged "kerb-crawler" appointed to "Expert Group" to probe Scotland's vice industry (See above: Lap-dancing inquiry group named) |
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| http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=15339456&method=full&siteid=89488&headline=a-vice-probe--i-m-the-perfect-man-for-the-job-name_page.html | ||||
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24-Mar-05 | Membership of group to look at adult entertainment industry | Scottish Executive | |
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Raymond Hutcheon, alleged "kerb-crawler" appointed to "Expert Group" to probe Scotland's vice industry (See above: Lap-dancing inquiry group named) |
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24-Mar-05 | Prostitution 'becoming a steady, unionised job' | The Independent Robert Verkaik |
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| Announcements were made about the publication of a book written by Teela Sanders of the University of Leeds.: "Sex Work, a Risky Business". The book is described as "a richly detailed account of the way the sex industry works, and one of the few empirical studies that investigates the off street industry in Britain." | ||||
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24-Mar-05 | Regulated prostitution becomes a reality | Personnel Today Dan Thomas |
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| Announcements were made about the publication of a book written by Teela Sanders of the University of Leeds.: "Sex Work, a Risky Business". The book is described as "a richly detailed account of the way the sex industry works, and one of the few empirical studies that investigates the off street industry in Britain." | ||||
| http://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=28813&PrinterFriendly=true | ||||
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29-Mar-05 | The dangerous game | The Scotsman Louise Gray |
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Edinburgh Attacks on prostitutes. |
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30-Mar-05 | Assets 'must fund victim support' | BBC News | |
| Durkan (SDLP) comments. Assets Recovery Agency investigates paramilitary-run organised crime: prostitution to protection rackets. | ||||
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31-Mar-05 | Vice girls fear vigilante attacks under new law | The Scotsman Brian Ferguson |
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| Scotpep warned plans to curb problems re: prostitution could cause vigilante-style attacks on street workers. Scotpep backs plans to decriminalize prostitution | ||||
| http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=741&id=125712005 | ||||
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