Prostitution
Feds: Sex-trafficking ring used Backpage.com ads
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A nationwide sex-trafficking ring run by a violent pimp and his associates used Backpage.com to solicit customers for prostitutes as young as age 17, advertising the women as "smokin' hot babes," according to a federal indictment recently unsealed in Iowa.
Date: 05/24/2012 | Nation & World
Secret Service hooker says agents were 'fools' (video)
BOGOTA, Colombia — A woman who says she was the prostitute who triggered the U.S. Secret Service scandal in Colombia said Friday that the agents involved were "idiots" for letting it happen, and declared that if she were a spy and sensitive information was available, she could have easily...
Date: 05/04/2012 | Nation & World
More hookers? Secret Service investigates another trip
WASHINGTON — Expanding the prostitution investigation, the Secret Service acknowledged Thursday it is checking whether its employees hired strippers and prostitutes in advance of President Barack Obama's visit last year to El Salvador.
Date: 04/26/2012 | Nation & World
Secret Service story has reporters chasing hookers, cab drivers
CARTAGENA, Colombia — The Secret Service sex scandal has spawned X-rated jokes, inspired a spicy song set to a local Caribbean beat, and made an unlikely celebrity of a 42-year-old taxi driver who lives with his mother and now seems to be in hiding.
Date: 04/22/2012 | Nation & World
Secret Service hooker scandal deepens; 11 suspended
CARTAGENA, Colombia — An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents deepened Saturday as 11 agents were placed on leave, and the agency designed to protect President Barack Obama had to offer regret for the mess overshadowing his diplomatic mission to Latin...
Date: 04/15/2012 | Nation & World
Secret Service hooker scandal deepens; 11 placed on leave
CARTAGENA, Colombia — An embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and Secret Service agents deepened Saturday as 11 agents were placed on leave, and the agency designed to protect President Barack Obama had to offer regret for the mess overshadowing his diplomatic mission to Latin...
Date: 04/13/2012 | Nation & World
Spanish police arrest 'bar code pimps' gang
MADRID -- Spanish police arrested 22 suspected pimps who allegedly used violence to force women into prostitution and tattooed them with bar codes as a sign of ownership, officials said Saturday.
Date: 03/24/2012 | Nation & World
Nuns target sex trade at the Super Bowl
LOS ANGELES -- Backed by a tougher Indiana law, a coalition of Roman Catholic nuns has stepped up efforts to curb the sex trade during this weekend's Super Bowl.
Date: 02/04/2012 | Nation & World
Federal grant helps Snohomish County target child-sex trade
EVERETT -- She should have been studying for high school finals or making plans with her friends for the winter break.Instead the 17-year-old girl was sitting in a Lynnwood apartment negotiating a price for sex with a stranger who found her through an advertisement on Backpage.com.
Date: 09/06/2011 | Local News
Edmonds police arrest baristas and boss in prostitution investigation
EDMONDS -- Baristas at a local coffee stand who reportedly got too steamy led Edmonds police to arrest three employees at Java Juggs Espresso Inc. last week for investigation of prostitution and unlawful exposure.
Date: 07/07/2011 | Local News
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