# Prostitution
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Last year
2023
Annual Report
Ruhama reports 68% increase in those who they assisted from trafficking
17 Oct 2023
6.3k
26
Organised Crime
Trafficked sex workers are being forced to pay over €5,000 a month to crime gangs
18 Apr 2023
23.6k
34
Court of Appeal
Landmark human trafficking case sees jail sentences increased for forced prostitution
20 Feb 2023
16.4k
All time
Report
State is failing to protect sex workers from violence, Amnesty International says
25 Jan 2022
8.2k
Prostitution
Over 600 'sale of sex' convictions to be expunged in effort to recognise vulnerable victims
25 Apr 2021
45.4k
33
Hani Ali Showky
New garda vice unit brings 71 extra charges against man accused of running brothels
2 Feb 2021
40.8k
Arrests
Man and woman arrested as part of investigations into prostitution and organised crime
15 Oct 2020
34.8k
Child Protection
'You're not screening for them': Concern that trafficked Irish children are falling through the cracks
23 Feb 2020
27.5k
9
Prostitution
Leaders of crime gang running several brothels in London jailed for eight years
28 Oct 2019
30.0k
20
Sexual Exploitation
Man arrested on suspicion of human trafficking, brothel keeping and money laundering in Belfast
29 Sep 2019
14.5k
5
Prostitution
Banning the purchase of sex in NI has actually led to an increase in sex workers, report finds
18 Sep 2019
18.4k
30
Santry
Gardaí attempt to tackle 'highest concentration of sex workers' in north Dublin suburb
18 Aug 2019
120k
62
Voices
Opinion: Buyers of sex are getting more violent, increasingly influenced by what they see in porn
Anonymous Ruhama Caseworker
6 May 2019
53.0k
144
crimecall
'I tried to fight so hard. I was chained and I had bruises': Woman forced into prostitution speaks out
29 Apr 2019
61.6k
40
sex work
36 people questioned by gardaí as part of weekend operation targeting the buying of sex
29 Apr 2019
35.7k
84
Voices
Opinion: Laws that criminalise sex buyers are making life more dangerous for sex workers
Kate McGrew
28 Mar 2019
19.4k
49
Trafficking
Report on Ireland's sex industry: 'Highly organised, thriving in every county'
13 Nov 2018
65.8k
40
Sex Workers
Concerns growing about the number of underage boys being abused in Dublin brothels
27 Oct 2018
77.3k
116
Voices
Consent: 'The purchase of sex is conducted without regard for women’s pleasure'
Samantha Slater
4 Jul 2018
38.6k
227
Scandal
Red Cross says more than 20 staff have left after 'paying for sexual services'
24 Feb 2018
12.0k
14
Prostitution
Buying sex has been illegal in Ireland for one year but 'very little' has changed
23 Feb 2018
62.9k
203
oxfam uk
Oxfam chief executive says criticism over prostitution scandal has been 'disproportionate'
17 Feb 2018
12.5k
15
oxfam ireland
Oxfam Ireland emails supporters, promises to 'rebuild trust' after UK staff's Haiti prostitution scandal
14 Feb 2018
10.4k
15
Resignation
Deputy chief executive of Oxfam in the UK resigns over prostitution scandal in Haiti
12 Feb 2018
11.5k
20
Coventry
Three men jailed for plying 14-year-old girl with drugs and forcing her into prostitution in UK
11 Jan 2018
51.4k
62
Sexual Offences
Prostitution offences have dropped hugely in the last five years
25 Nov 2017
21.4k
50
Voices
Grafton Street 1870: 'The street literally swarmed with women of loose character'
Donal Fallon
15 Oct 2017
20.9k
31
call andreea
People urged to call Irish mobile number to hear the reality of sex trafficking here
20 Sep 2017
35.9k
59
ruhama
'Most prostitution here is run by organised crime gangs': Irish service helped 92 victims of sex trafficking in 2016
28 Aug 2017
19.9k
149
Human Trafficking
‘It wouldn’t happen in D4’: Locals plan to block streets ahead of U2 gig to protest ‘red light district’
7 Jul 2017
42.0k
55