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Toulon prostitute remembered by 'grateful sailors'
13/05/2013 - MEDIAWATCH FRANCE

Toulon prostitute remembered by 'grateful sailors'

Retired sailors have managed to have a plaque erected in memory of "Miquette" in the southern French city of Toulon! We also look at two other stories: criticism of the French elite in the Financial Times and new domain names for Brittany and Paris - .bzh and .paris - give French regions greater visibility on the web.
The modern-day slave trade
10/05/2013 - BULGARIA

The modern-day slave trade

Commemorations were held across France on Friday May 10th for "Slavery Remembrance Day". The slave trade in France was officially abolished in 1848, but modern-day slavery still appears alive and well in Europe. We take a look at a report from Bulgaria on the plight of women caught up in the sex trade.
Top French football player cited in underage prostitution probe
13/02/2013 - FRANCE

Top French football player cited in underage prostitution probe

In another suspected case of underage prostitution to rock French football, a player for France’s national team is under suspicion for soliciting an underage prostitute as part of a preliminary investigation, Paris prosecutors said Wednesday.
Strauss-Kahn questioned over pimping allegations
24/01/2013 - FRANCE

Strauss-Kahn questioned over pimping allegations

French investigators on Thursday questioned former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the northern city of Lille as part of an investigation into allegations that he helped procure prostitutes for parties.
Mining boom fuels Australia's thriving sex industry
30/12/2012 - AUSTRALIA

Mining boom fuels Australia's thriving sex industry

Australia’s mining boom has led to an increase in the number of prostitutes heading to remote mining towns, with a marked rise in female sex workers flying in from Asia to cash in on the country’s high wages, the Australian Crime Commission said.
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French court maintains DSK pimping charges
19/12/2012 - FRANCE

French court maintains DSK pimping charges

A French court rejected a request by former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Wednesday to drop a sex offence inquiry in which he risks standing trial on pimping charges. The case concerns a suspected prostitution ring in the city of Lille.
French trial begins for vice ring linked to Gaddafi’s son
22/10/2012 - FRANCE-LIBYA

French trial begins for vice ring linked to Gaddafi’s son

The trial of seven people suspected of being involved in a high-end prostitution ring opened in the French city of Marseille on Monday. One of those on trial is accused of organising 20 escorts to attend a birthday bash for Mutassim Gaddafi.
Disgraced Strauss-Kahn ‘just wants to be left alone’
10/10/2012 - FRANCE

Disgraced Strauss-Kahn ‘just wants to be left alone’

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has suffered a spectacular downfall since running the International Monetary Fund. He tells a French magazine he is tired of relentless lurid stories about his sex life and “just wants to be left alone” to get on with his life.
French prosecutors drop Strauss-Kahn rape charges
02/10/2012 - FRANCE

French prosecutors drop Strauss-Kahn rape charges

A French court in the northern city of Lille on Tuesday dropped charges related to an alleged gang rape against former IMF chief and onetime French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn after one of his accusers withdrew her claims.
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Ribéry, Benzema to face trial over links to prostitute
15/08/2012 - FRANCE

Ribéry, Benzema to face trial over links to prostitute

Footballers Franck Ribéry (right) and Karim Benzema (left) will face trial for allegedly soliciting an underage prostitute, judicial sources said Tuesday. They are among eight defendants in the case, some of whom face charges of "aggravated pimping".
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