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Nat’l: Husband and wife busted for prostitution

14. May 2010

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Nat’l: Husband and wife busted for prostitution

5/14/2010 – Shakopee, MN — A husband and wife running an alleged prostitution business out of their Minnesota home have been arrested and charged with several serious criminal acts.
According to police, Luba V. Lavrusik, 27, was being prostituted by her husband Ivan Lavrusik also 27 from their Downing Ave. townhome.
Prosecutors contend that Ivan would take [...]

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Nat’l: Kansas City man admits to human sex trafficking

13. May 2010

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Nat’l: Kansas City man admits to human sex trafficking

5/13/2010 – Kansas City, MO — Michael L. Buck, 37, of Kansas City has pleaded guilty to federal sex trafficking charges. In October of 2008 Buck was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of trafficking or attempting to traffic four adult female victims and with attempting to produce child pornography using a fifth [...]

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Nat’l: Lawrence Taylor invokes the ‘I only touched myself’ rape defense

13. May 2010

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5/13/2010 – New York — As reported previously on JohnTV.com, NFK Hall of Famer and former Dancing with the Stars contestant Lawrence Taylor, was arrested last week and subsequently charged in the rape and solicitation of an underage female prostitute. The incident allegedly occurred in a New York Holiday Inn in the middle of the [...]

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Nat’l: Child sex trafficking in Oakland; an investigative series

10. May 2010

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Nat’l: Child sex trafficking in Oakland; an investigative series

5/10/2010 – Oakland, CA — We hear at JohnTV.com have been following an interesting series on child sex trafficking in Oakland, California. The series started May 5 and gives a unique insight to California’s child sex trafficking problem.
You can read the series at the OaklandLocal.com website.

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Lawrence Taylor admits to paying for sex with teen

10. May 2010

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Lawrence Taylor admits to paying for sex with teen

*UPDATE: 5/12/2010 – Lawrence Taylor has now been officially charged with felony 3rd degree rape and patronizing a prostitute.
5/10/2010 – New York — Former New York Giants player, Dancing with the Stars contestant and NFL Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor has reportedly admitted to paying $300 for a prostitute in a New York hotel where [...]

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Int’l: Aussie virgins to be auctioned off in Nevada for new reality-TV low

10. May 2010

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Int’l: Aussie virgins to be auctioned off in Nevada for new reality-TV low

5/10/2010 (updated 5/14/2010) – Australia/Nevada — Just when you thought reality TV couldn’t sink any lower, a Melbourne Australia  filmmaker plans to produce a documentary where young men and women from Australia auction off their virginity. Justin Sisely has spent more than a year recruiting male and female virgins willing to auction themselves off on [...]

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Nat’l; Connecticut AG issues subpoena seeking proof Craigslist is fighting prostitution ads

3. May 2010

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5/3/2010 – Hartford, Conn — (AP) Connecticut’s attorney general has issued a subpoena to Craigslist Inc., seeking proof from the website that it is fulfilling its promise to help stop advertisements for prostitution.
Richard Blumenthal says he has found that thinly veiled prostitution ads continue to appear in Craigslist’s adult services section.
He is seeking, among other things, [...]

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Nat’l: ‘Beyond the Cuffs’ offers Kansas City prostitutes rehabilitation over incarceration

3. May 2010

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5/3/2010 – Kansas City, MO — (as reported on fox4kc.com) Driven by a passion to clean up Kansas City streets, a handful of women have joined forces to help metro prostitutes find a new lease on life. Many of the women have long been forgotten, but there are a few working to build back what’s [...]

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Nat’l: Paid prostitution ads are big bucks for Craigslist

26. April 2010

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Nat’l: Paid prostitution ads are big bucks for Craigslist

4/26/2010 – National, USA — Craigslist.com is often the target of anti-prostitution critics regarding their refusal to prohibit blatant ads for prostitution. Those critics now have additional reason to question the motives of Craigslist.com after a recent New York Times article claims much of their millions in revenue is directly linked to those prostitution ads.
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Nat’l: Teen who worked Craigslist prostitution assault scheme gets prison

16. April 2010

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Nat’l: Teen who worked Craigslist prostitution assault scheme gets prison

4/16/2010 – Fond Du Lac, WI — The first of a group of individuals involved in an online prostitution scheme where responding ‘Johns’ were attacked and robbed has been sentenced to prison.
Stevi J. Smet, 19, (see photo top left) was arrested last year along with three others and charged with prostitution and armed robbery. This [...]

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Nat’l: Man arrested for trading sex for tattoos with teens

13. April 2010

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Nat’l: Man arrested for trading sex for tattoos with teens

4/13/2010 – Avondale, AZ — People with tattoos often say each tattoo has a special meaning… Well, how you paid for that tattoo means even more to police.
According to published reports, Avondale tattoo artist Juan Lara Jr., 37, (see photo left) was arrested after he allegedly traded sex with an underage girl for a tattoo. [...]

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Nat’l: Judge rejects plea from court clerk charged with extorting sex from prostitute

13. April 2010

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4/13/2010 – Chelsea, MA — (as reported on Boston.com) A federal judge today rejected a plea agreement between prosecutors and a former Massachusetts court clerk who allegedly used his position to get sexual favors from women facing prostitution charges.
Under the agreement, former Chelsea District Court clerk-magistrate James M. Burke would have spent 12 months and [...]

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Nat’l: Priest faces prostitution charge

13. April 2010

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Nat’l: Priest faces prostitution charge

4/13/2010 – Braintree, MA — A Chelmsford priest was among eight people who were arrested during a prostitution sting at a New Hampshire hotel last Friday.
Nashua police conducted the sting on Friday utilizing Craigslist.com.
The Rev. William Ventura, 31, who was serving as parochial vicar of St. John’s Parish, was among those arrested, police said. He [...]

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Nat’l: Two teenage boys and a trucker arrested for prostituting a teen girl

13. April 2010

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Nat’l: Two teenage boys and a trucker arrested for prostituting a teen girl

4/13/2010 – Ripon, CA — Two Modesto-area male teens were arrested on prostitution-related charges after police say they arranged for a 17-year-old girl to have sex with a trucker at a Ripon truck stop Thursday, according to a Ripon police spokesman.
The two male teens, both 17-years old, and Mirza Eganovic (see photo above left), 30, [...]

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Nat’l: Soldier pleads guilty to running prostitution ring

1. April 2010

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4/1/2010 – Maryland — Craig Corey II, 23, has pled guilty in a Maryland court for operating a prostitution ring from his apartment in Anne Arundel County.
Court documents indicate that Corey would travel from Ft. Meade to his hometown in Ohio. There he would recruit others to assist with his prostitution operation.
Federal prosecutors with the [...]

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