Prostitution

A total of 29 people suspected of being part of a prostitution ring notorious for organizing swinger parties in Turkey's southern province of Adana are facing up to 177 years in prison on charges including "prostitution," "organizing a crime syndicate" and "human trafficking."

A 73-year-old man has died while in the arms of a prostitute in western Turkey, Do?an News Agency reported.

The man, identified as Mustafa K., visited a brothel in the Ayd?n province on June 5, the report said. He fainted shortly after he entered a room with a prostitute, who quickly called an ambulance.

A French court on June 12 acquitted former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of pimping charges, drawing a line under a series of legal woes over his sexual escapades.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was acquitted from charges of “aggravated pimping” after standing trial in a court in Lille, France. The ruling ends four years of legal drama that began when a New York hotel cleaner accused him of sexual assault.

Photos have emerged of the luxury villa that police raided in Turkey's southern province of Adana, detaining 53 suspects - including the ringleader couple - for hosting or attending swinger parties with prostitutes.

Half of the women who end up working in prostitution rings in Greece are lured into them by pimps offering them fake jobs, according to research carried out by the Greek office of the A21 Campaign, a nongovernmental organization that fights human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

The government on Tuesday officially repealed a controversial legal provision that was issued three years ago ?to curb the spread of infectious diseases? but was widely condemned for stigmatizing women with HIV, particularly prostitutes, as it allowed their details to be made public.

The Health Ministry is repealing a controversial legal provision that was issued three years ago ?to curb the spread of infectious diseases? but was widely condemned for stigmatizing women with HIV, particularly prostitutes.

The trial of 23 suspects accused of operating a major sex-trafficking ring is due to begin in Athens on Tuesday, with the defendants facing a string of charges including running a criminal organization, human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

The head of the Athens Traders Association, Panagis Karellas, has expressed the organization?s satisfaction with regard to a new scheme recently unveiled by the Greek Police aimed at curbing crime in the city?s historic center and other downtown areas.