Prostitution law

Thousands rallied in downtown Athens on Thursday evening over judicial developments in the Kolonos child sexual abuse and pimping case.

The prosecutor argued on Wednesday that there was insufficient evidence to convict 55-year-old businessman Ilias Michos of raping the young girl, forcing her into prostitution and profiting from pimping.

A prosecutor's recommendations for the chief suspect in the case of an Athens girl, who was sexually abused and forced into prostitution when she was 12 years old, spurred tension in Parliament on Thursday, as a protest rally was planned to take place in the city center.

After a months-long procedure conducted behind closed doors, the prosecutor has requested that the judges of a mixed jury court acquit 55-year-old businessman Ilias Michos of charges alleging the rape of a 12-year-old girl in downtown Kolonos district, as well as charges of coercive pimping and collection of prostitution earnings, citing insufficient evidence.

A foreign national wanted for sexual crimes was arrested by police at Thessaloniki's Makedonia airport during a routine passport control check. 

According to Interpol's database, the 51-year-old man was wanted for his involvement in prostitution in France between 2006 and 2008, and the crimes allegedly involved multiple offenders, accomplices, and victims.

For now this proposal has not received any official reaction from the state authorities.

The president of that trade union in question, Blazo Markovic, told Prva TV that there are at least three reasons why the proposal was made. The first and the most important is, as he explains, the health of the inhabitants of Serbia.

Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that legal protections on privacy rights do not cover prostitutes because "accepting prostitution as a profession would be against human dignity."

Greek police said on Monday that they have unraveled a gang that procured foreign women via a website and arrested 12 people.

Among the victims of the gang was a young teenager from Bulgaria.

Police in Athens said on Monday they had smashed a prostitution and sex trafficking ring and arrested 22 people.

According to reports, the suspects face a wide range of charges, including sex trafficking, prostitution, forgery, possession of weapons, resisting arrest and others.

An 18-year-old woman, who was forced into prostitution in southern Turkey for years by her own parents, has been saved with the help of a women's rights NGO and the Family and Social Policies Ministry.

Greek transgender author Anna Kouroupou will talk with host of Ant-1 TV’s late night show “OLA”, Themos Anastasiadis on sex reassignment, prostitution, bullying and gender studies at school. The author opens up about her tough life experiences, including her gang rape, men and the dark path to prostitution. Don’t miss the show a little after midnight on Tuesday on Ant-1 TV.