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Topic: sex-trafficking

How ‘365 Days’ became one of Netflix’s worst-reviewed big hits

How ‘365 Days’ became one of Netflix’s worst-reviewed big hits

Ashley Spencer, The New York Times
Updated as of Jul 10 02:35 PM

Two years ago, Michele Morrone was working as a gardener in a tiny northern Italian village. Newly divorced, broke and severely depressed, he had given up on his TV acting career after being repeatedly told that he was too attractive for the roles on offer. “In Italy, if you’re a good-looking guy, you’re not an actor,” he said matter-of-factly. “You’re just someone good-looking.”  Read more »

Netflix stands by film '365 Days' accused of glorifying sex trafficking

Netflix stands by film '365 Days' accused of glorifying sex trafficking

Darnell Christie, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jul 04 09:53 AM

Netflix said on Friday it will continue to stream the Polish film "365 Days" amid calls for its withdrawal including by British singer Duffy who said it glamorized "the brutal reality of sex trafficking, kidnapping and rape". Read more »

Police to intensify POGO monitoring after sex trafficking reports: Año

Police to intensify POGO monitoring after sex trafficking reports: Año

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 05:45 PM

The police needs to be "proactive" in this issue because intelligence reports showed that most of the victims in Chinese-run prostitution dens are minors, Interior Sec. Eduardo Año said. Read more »

Foreign women pimped in PH using visas on arrival: senator

Foreign women pimped in PH using visas on arrival: senator

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 29 09:40 AM

Foreign women are trafficked into the country through the immigration bureau's issuance of visa upon arrival, a senator said Wednesday. Read more »

Some Makati hotels monitored for prostitution links: police official

Some Makati hotels monitored for prostitution links: police official

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 03:35 PM

The surveillance covers 5 to 10 hotels where pimps rent rooms for 2 weeks up to 1 year, said Major Gideon Ines, chief of the Makati Police Intelligence Unit. He did not name the hotels. Read more »

Filipina teens pimped to Chinese expats, some on WeChat: Senate probe

Filipina teens pimped to Chinese expats, some on WeChat: Senate probe

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 28 02:09 PM

The girls are pimped on the Chinese super app WeChat using codes such as "new tea" for girls and "fast food" for quickie sex to evade Beijing Sensors, said Sen. Risa Hontiveros, who chairs the Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality. Read more »

13 rescued from 'prostitution den' in Makati, 3 arrested

13 rescued from 'prostitution den' in Makati, 3 arrested

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 08:38 AM

The Makati City Police rescued 13 female entertainers from a KTV bar allegedly used as a prostitution den early Friday at Barangay Poblacion, Makati. Read more »

Do it somewhere else, Makati's Binay tells sex peddlers

Do it somewhere else, Makati's Binay tells sex peddlers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 14 10:11 PM

"Kung gagawa kayo ng illegal na aktibidad, gawin niyo sa ibang lugar, hindi pwede sa Makati iyan," said Makati Mayor Abby Binay.  Read more »

Look, don't touch: Thai bars raided for trafficking child 'entertainers'

Look, don't touch: Thai bars raided for trafficking child 'entertainers'

Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Sep 25 11:34 AM

While Thailand has ramped up efforts to tackle child sex trafficking in recent years, the crime is evolving and taking new forms such as the rising use of girls as "entertainers" to lure men into bars, according to police chiefs and campaigners.  Read more »

'He did not act alone': Epstein accusers detail sexual abuse claims in court

'He did not act alone': Epstein accusers detail sexual abuse claims in court

Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 28 10:02 AM

NEW YORK - Alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein wept in court Tuesday as they told an extraordinary US hearing held weeks after his death how they were sexually abused by the disgraced financier. Read more »

Jeffrey Epstein death ruled as suicide by hanging - US media

Jeffrey Epstein death ruled as suicide by hanging - US media

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 17 05:36 AM

NEW YORK, United States—An autopsy on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in his jail cell, has concluded that he committed suicide by hanging, US media reported Friday. Read more »

Epstein death anger soars, conspiracy theories swirl

Epstein death anger soars, conspiracy theories swirl

Peter Hutchison, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 12 09:02 AM

NEW YORK - Outrage and intrigue over the apparent suicide in prison of well-connected accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein soared Sunday as US lawmakers pushed for answers, including whether "criminal acts" played a role in his death. Read more »

Disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein commits suicide at Manhattan jail

Disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein commits suicide at Manhattan jail

William K. Rashbaum, Benjamin Weiser and Michael Gold, The New York Times
Updated as of Aug 10 10:55 PM

Jeffrey Epstein hanged himself, and his body was found Saturday morning, The New York Times and other media said. Read more »

Singer R. Kelly charged in Minnesota with soliciting sex from minor

Singer R. Kelly charged in Minnesota with soliciting sex from minor

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Posted at Aug 06 06:49 AM

(Reuters) - Singer R. Kelly, jailed in New York on a federal sex-trafficking indictment, was charged on Monday in Minnesota with soliciting sex from a minor at a Minneapolis hotel room after she sought his autograph in 2001. Read more »

Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein found injured in jail cell - media

Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein found injured in jail cell - media

Rich McKay, Reuters
Posted at Jul 25 12:19 PM

Jeffrey Epstein, the financier facing charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls, was found unconscious in a Manhattan jail cell with injuries to his neck, media reported late on Wednesday, citing unidentified sources. Read more »

10 babaeng Chinese nailigtas mula sa mga 'bugaw' sa Laguna

10 babaeng Chinese nailigtas mula sa mga 'bugaw' sa Laguna

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 18 08:16 AM

Nailigtas mula sa mga hinihinalang sex trafficker ang 10 babaeng Chinese sa isang bahay sa Biñan, Laguna, sinabi ng pulisya, Huwebes.    Read more »

Jailed financier accused of sex trafficking seeks house arrest in mansion

Jailed financier accused of sex trafficking seeks house arrest in mansion

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 12 07:16 AM

NEW YORK - American financier Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday asked a federal judge to let him out of jail and allow him to remain under house arrest in his Manattan mansion while he awaits trial on charges of sex trafficking underage girls. Read more »

New Epstein victim goes public as Trump labor secretary defends plea deal

New Epstein victim goes public as Trump labor secretary defends plea deal

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 11 08:15 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's labor secretary on Wednesday defended his handling of a secret plea deal he made with Jeffrey Epstein as another woman came forward to allege she was raped by the billionaire hedge fund manager. Read more »

US financier Jeffrey Epstein charged with sex trafficking

US financier Jeffrey Epstein charged with sex trafficking

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 08 10:39 PM

NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors in New York on Monday charged American financier Jeffrey Epstein with sex trafficking of underage girls, more than a decade after he avoided similar charges in Florida in a plea deal. Read more »

Cambodia jails translator over 'fake news' in sex trafficking docu

Cambodia jails translator over 'fake news' in sex trafficking docu

Prak Chan Thul, Reuters
Posted at Jun 28 11:43 AM

PHNOM PENH - A Cambodian court jailed a fixer and translator for two years on Wednesday for his role in making a documentary about sex trafficking in the Southeast Asian country which the government said contained "fake news". Read more »

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