Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times has a heartrending story today about underage prostitutes who are pimped out on Backpage.com, a website with roots in the swinging personal ads that have ...

It is, they say, the oldest profession in the world. But when it comes to the ways that prostitution has affected human history and society, it sounds like the set up for a bad sex-worker shaming joke ...

Police have intensified their crackdown on prostitutes around Okubo Park in Tokyo’s Kabukicho, Japan’s largest red-light ...

HONOLULU - Honolulu police officers have urged lawmakers to keep an exemption in state law that allows undercover officers to have sex with prostitutes during investigations, touching off a heated ...

Pimps in San Diego are controlling neighborhoods by leveraging the fear of retaliation against locals in exchange for their silence on the parade of nearly-naked women working the streets, a business ...

Counselors, rehabilitation specialists and community outreach organizations all sat around a conference table. It was the first time they had all gathered together. "The police department's thought ...

The pimps and prostitutes of Yeongdeungpo start the day as if preparing for a siege, stocking their brothels with flammable liquid and gas containers. Large, red-lettered signs warn police that ...

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - A nationwide operation by the FBI to address commercial child sex trafficking led to the recovery of 167 children who were being victimized through prostitution. Three of ...