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September 2005: Prostitution |
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07-Sep-05 | Massage parlour probe by police | Tameside Advertiser | Denton Pinks (part of the Hotspots massage parlour chain whose website advertises dungeons, ‘two and three girl experiences’ and the fact they promote ‘safe sex’) Police investigating following a meeting between local residents and MP Andrew Gwynne. Findings sent to police and UK immigration service. (Note: was trafficking suspected?) |
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12-Sep-05 | Why porn is the new glamour | New Statesman Kira Cochrane |
"The possibility of a career in the sex industry has been embraced by a generation of gullible young women, not just as a viable option but a genuinely attractive one." | |
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18-Sep-05 | Grim tide of young sex slaves | Sunday Mail Billy Paterson |
Police crackdown on sauna and brothel owners aimed at stamping out human trafficking from eastern Europe and Asia into Scotland's sex trade. Details about Sunday Mail investigations in 2004. Vice trade estimated at £11million. | |
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18-Sep-05 | Mummy, I want to be a porn star | Sunday Times Kira Cochrane |
"Pornography is becoming so acceptable in Britain that even teenage girls see it as a career" | |
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19-Sep-05 | Students tempted by easy money jobs in sex trade | Leeds Today Paul Jeeves |
"A new poll reveals that a shocking 15 per cent of female students heading to the city could be more than ready to work in the sex trade in order to fund their studies." | |
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24-Sep-05 | Protesters vow new vigilante patrols to drive out vice girls | The Scotsman Brian Ferguson |
Leith Vigilante patrols to confront vice girls. Protests considered at Parliament building, courts and outside base of prostitute support group. |
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28-Sep-05 | Support plea for vice girls using drugs | The Scotsman | "Scottish Drugs Forum (SDF), the national drugs policy and information charity, said fewer than ten specialist services are in place throughout Scotland to deal with the specific needs of drug users involved in sex work. Of an estimated 1750 thought to be in street sex work - including 150 in Edinburgh - police believe that 95 per cent of the estimated 1400 female street sex workers are thought to have a drug problem." | |
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