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Gardai find more than €700,000 cash during organised prostitution raid in Limerick
An Garda Siochana
The operation was carried out by the Organised Prostitution Investigation Unit and the Human Trafficking Investigation and Coordination Unit on June 30.
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Prostitutes freely operating in private apartments near Leinster House, senator claims
Prostitution
Senator Sharon Keogan suspects many of the girls are being forced to work as prostitutes against their own will after being illegally smuggled into Ireland
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Brazilian escort accused of having €700k suspected brothel earnings in Dublin
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Bruna da Silveira appeared at Dublin District Court and had a 450-page book of evidence served on her by gardaí following an international prostitution investigation
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Homeless Irish woman forced into sex work opens up about prostitution on streets
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The woman was left with 'black eyes' and 'broken bones' after being forced into sex work
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Man jailed for eight years for organising prostitution across Dublin
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The 32-year-old posed as part of a couple with another woman, who was working as an escort, to rent properties from unsuspecting landlords
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'I'm sorry for what I've done' - Man who attacked sex workers learns his fate
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One of the women told gardaí that she did not feel the attack was sexually motivated, but rather that Andrew Cooney wanted to torture her
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Woman who falsely claimed she was being held captive and forced to work as a prostitute is jailed
Courts
Judge Munro said it was obvious that the gardaí would have been concerned that there could be other women being held captive and the crime needed to be detected
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Long awaited review finds sex work laws have not decreased demand in Ireland
Politics
The Sex Workers Alliance of Ireland say the review "is not worth the paper it's written on"
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Man, 59, jailed for robbing two escorts at knifepoint in separate Dublin hotels
Courts
Imposing sentence, the judge said these were "planned and premediated robberies" which were part of a "pattern of offending" which targeted "vulnerable young women"
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Alleged Irish sex tourist arrested in Colombia after being nabbed in hotel room with teenage girl
Colombia
The 34-year-old hotel manager was also arrested
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Sex workers in Cavan being 'harassed and targeted' by expose group
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An expose group called Escort Ireland Watch claims that three brothels are open in Cavan town.
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Three brothels being operated in Cavan town, exposé group claims
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Just 23 people were prosecuted last year in Ireland for paying for sex and of these, 15 cases were in Dublin
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Only ONE person convicted by a court for paying for sex with prostitute in entire year
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No other suspect was found guilty of the crime in 2022
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Man who robbed two escorts at knifepoint in separate Dublin hotels to be sentenced next year
Courts
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that Liam McGrane (59) pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery at separate hotels on December 21, 2018 and August 4, 2019
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Alleged brothel keeper facing more than 100 charges involving more than 45 sex workers around Ireland
Courts
Lenuta Andreea Cucoranu, 29, a Romanian woman with no fixed address but who has been living in Ireland for 12 years, was arrested last year
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Man arrested in connection with prostitution, brothel-keeping, money laundering
Human trafficking
Gardai also seized €11,000 in cash and 14 mobile phones during the raid in north Dublin
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Brazilian accused of leasing six properties for prostitution denied bail
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Gardaí claim Ilamar Rodrigues Ribeiro, 52, is a member of a major criminal organisation and rented houses in five counties for prostitution
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Irish prostitution and human trafficking charity says number of people seeking help up 35 per cent
Human trafficking
Dublin based Ruhama published its annual report on Tuesday and said there had been a spike in the number of people seeking their help
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Sting reveals his real-life experience with prostitution that inspired hit song Roxanne
Sting
The Police frontman Sting - whose real name is Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner - has opened up about exactly how he came up with his hit tunes
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Johnny Depp fans spot his 'brown and rotting teeth' as actor makes comeback at Cannes
Johnny Depp
Fans were left feeling disgusted as they discover Hollywood actor Johnny Depp's "rotting" teeth as he made his comeback at Cannes Film Festival, garnering the attention for his new film Jeanne Du Barry
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Johnny Depp swarmed at Cannes Film Festival as fans go wild for Jeanne du Barry showing
Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp was greeted by chants and praise from fans as he arrived at the Cannes Film Festival ahead of the screening for his first movie since 2020 as King Louis XV
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Woman arrested as part of probe into organised prostitution and money laundering
An Garda Siochana
The woman is currently being detained at a Garda station in Dublin
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Brooke Shields admits she was 'naïve' for thinking Calvin Klein ads 'weren't sexual'
Brooke Shields
Actress and model Brooke Shields has admitted she was 'naive' for not finding her Calvin Klein adverts 'sexual' when she starred in them aged 15
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Brooke Shields tells of rape early in career for the first time in Pretty Baby documentary
Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields opens up about her rape in a new documentary that tells the story of her rise to fame as a child actress playing a child prostitute in 1978 film Pretty Baby
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