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Six men named in US Congress: Why is so much redacted in the Epstein files?
US congressman names six men whose names were redacted in the Epstein files, including a US billionaire and Dubai CEO.
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US Supreme Court upholds curb on overseas AIDS funding
The court upheld rule that requires foreign affiliates of nonprofit groups to denounce prostitution and sex trafficking.
US authorities demand Prince Andrew interview in Epstein case
US Justice Dept, duke’s lawyers dispute terms of an interview about his relationship with the late US sex trafficker.
India’s sex workers fight for survival amid coronavirus lockdown
Overnight loss of income from core clientele plunges the marginalised group into depths of anxiety and deprivation.
From: 101 East
India: The Child Sex Highway
101 East investigates Indian villages where it is custom for parents to sell their young daughters for sex.
Published On 17 Jan 2020
Poverty drives some Kenyans to rent out their wives
Poverty and unpredictable tourism industry forcing men on the east coast to send spouses into prostitution.
Rescuing boys from Thailand’s northern sex trade
NGO Urban Light in Chiang Mai has reached 5,000 teenagers caught up in prostitution rackets in Thailand’s second city.
The Indian caste where wives are forced into sex work
For girls and women from the Perna caste, entering the sex trade is a normal next step after marriage and childbirth.
![Perna basti Dharampura Najafgarh [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/af363cd4c9884ae1855a5b36d5151132_18.jpeg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Paradise lost: Sex trafficking in Hawaii
Contrary to its idyllic image, Hawaii is a hub for the sex trafficking of girls and women.
Children of Assam forced into labour, prostitution
Children are being trafficked into forced labour and sexual exploitation in large numbers from Assam state.
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Inside Sonagachi, Asia’s largest red-light district
Many of the 7,000 sex workers in this Kolkata red-light district say they have no other options for survival.
