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February 2005: Prostitution |
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02-Feb-06 | Flowers in the forest for Emma |
Herald Alan MacDermid |
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Glasgow Murdered prostitute Emma Caldwell |
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04-Feb-06 | Father of two jailed for 15 years over vice-girl murder |
Yorkshire Post Paul Whitehouse |
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Ronald Beardmore, married father of two, admitted beating young prostitute, Rebecca Stephenson (age 19), to death and hiding her body. Beardmore visited a lap dancing club before being seen with the victim. (Also see: Man on prostitute murder charge (BBC News -http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/south_yorkshire/4160964.stm) |
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| http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1340117 | |||
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06-Feb-06 | Red lights, big city . . . Just four families run vice ring in capital |
Irish Independent Paul Melia |
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Major crackdown on organised prostitution in Ireland - Operation Quest. Gardai believe that four families are involved in running prostitution rings in Dublin. Five brothel keepers will come before the courts in the coming months. Loopholes in the law allow people to escape prosecution. Under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993 Gardai can charge a person with organising prostitution for gain; living off immoral earnings or managing or keeping a brothel. Charging for sex is not an offence, although running or owning a brothel is. |
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| http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1555343&issue_id=13637 | |||
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06-Feb-06 | MLA calls for halt to sex trade |
Belfast Telegraph Debra Douglas |
| UUP's south Belfast MLA Dr Esmond Birnie concerned that the growth in the vice trade in the Republic was having a direct effect on Northern Ireland due to the trafficking of foreign girls and women. He said: "In 2003, under international pressure, the Irish authorities were eventually forced into acting against the people-smuggling gangs who had made the Republic of Ireland a major trafficking nexus. "More than 100 people were also arrested in raids on a number of lap-dancing clubs in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Dundalk. Unfortunately, it did not take particularly long before the situation deteriorated. "I will be asking the Irish Government to take immediate measures to halt the trafficking and trade in foreign girls and women." | |||
| http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=678251 | |||
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08-Feb-06 | Who ended the life of a girl who only wanted a second chance? |
Herald Ian Bell |
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Glasgow Information about Emma Jane Caldwell, Glasgow prostitute who was murdered in April 2005. Her family describes how Emma turned to drugs after the death of her sister and then to prostitution to support her drug habit. Strathclyde Police have assigned 50 officers assigned to the case. |
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10-Feb-06 | Prostitution: time for zero tolerance |
Belfast Telegraph Esmond Birnie |
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Opinion Dr. Esmond Birnie, Ulster Unionist Party MLA for South Belfast |
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| http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/opinion/story.jsp?story=678779 | |||
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12-Feb-06 | Internet Pimp |
Sunday Mail Jane Hamilton |
| Millionaire John Dockerty, managing director of Christony Companions, runs a monthly contest on his website offering punters a chance to "win" either two or four hour sessions with one or two of his girls. Customers pay £120 a time for sex. Dockerty has 10 girls in Scotland and 15 in north England. Regarding this, MSP Margo MacDonald said: "The indoor sex industry is the fastest growing because of the internet and mobile phones. "Running a competition to offer these women is degrading." Sunday Mail undercover reporter was offered sex within 90 seconds of visiting one of Dockerty's girls. He later issued a statement saying the escorts were independent and he was not responsible for what occurs during the sessions. | |||
| http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16693573&method=full&siteid=64736&headline=internet-pimp--name_page.html | |||
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17-Feb-06 | 'Protect our kids: PSNI must make it a priority' Charity launches DVD to fight exploitation |
Belfast Telegraph Kathryn Torney |
| Barnardo's Northern Ireland issued a call for the policing board to make child protection a policing priority during the launch of a DVD produced to train organisations about issues surrounding child prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation of children. Belfast Telegraph | |||
| http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/education/story.jsp?story=679594 | |||
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19-Feb-06 | Immigration Woes: Europe's Crime Rate Rises; US Rate Declines | The Conservative Voice |
| This article analyses and questions Britain's reportage of crime statistics. "Chris Fox, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), claims that the mass movement of people around the world had brought new levels of organized crime, with drug dealing, gun offenses, prostitution and kidnapping. " | |||
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ORIGINAL:
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=12495
WEBCITE archive: http://www.webcitation.org/5GNZvgIUP |
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21-Feb-06 | Sauna boss faces jail term after men admit paying for sex | Evening Times |
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Glasgow Aquarius Sauna owner George Colahan found guilty of living off immoral earnings. Exposed last year by Daily Record (Vice in Scotland series) and arrested shortly afterward. Colahan said to have links to Chinese Triads. |
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ORIGINAL:
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/print/news/5049171.shtml
WEBCITE archive: http://www.webcitation.org/5GNZvgIUr |
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21-Feb-06 | Sauna owner ran brothel in exclusive neighbourhood |
Herald Alan MacDermid |
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Glasgow Aquarius Sauna in Park Circus George Colahan found guilty of running a brothel. Colahan claimed he operated a legitimate business and women had acted without his knowledge. Witness Robert Sullivan admitted he had paid for sex at Aquarius. Colahan could lose his £160,000 home in Mount Vernon and private-registration Porsche under the Proceeds of Crime Act. |
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21-Feb-06 | Vice little earner |
Daily Record Keith Mcleod |
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Glasgow Aquarius Sauna owner George Colahan found guilty of living off immoral earnings. Exposed last year by Daily Record (Vice in Scotland series) and arrested shortly afterward. Colahan said to have links to Chinese Triads. |
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| http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16727439&method=full&siteid=66633&headline=vice-little-earner--name_page.html | |||